6-8 Dale Street

Architectural Description: 

NRDIS NRMRA LHD
Two ells attached; small windows with wood lintels and sills.
Two chimneys, two stories high, front center entrance, 2 doors, 2-family house.
Windows regular, identical, 6/6 small granite top and bottom
Corners plain.

Historical Narrative: 

Owner: Marguerite R. Burke (1981)
Themes: architectural, community development, industry

1843 - 1848 was period of much building in Ballardvale for the mill employees under proprietor John Marland.

"Most of Ballardvale Village was built between 1845 and 1848 and a large part of it in 1847, the time the machine shop was built. During the first 15 years of Ballardvale, when John Marland was director, it continued lively and flourishing. Then all streets were laid out and about every building erected that is here now."

Bibliography/References: 

Essex County Registry Deeds, Salem, MA
Essex Northern Registry Deeds, Lawrence, MA
Andover Historical Society files
Goldsmith, Bessie; Townsman's Andover, 1964, p. 96 (and Alfred Poor, 1864)
Map plan # 718 - Plan of Dale St. lot - BV Mills Co. 1928
Map plan 2023 - George W. French - 1947 - lot B1
AHS file/Bessie Goldsmith

Owners:
Ballard Vale Mill Company -
Josiah Putnam Bradlee
Josiah Putnam Bradlee, estate, Wm. H. Hodgins, Trustee - Feb. 28, 1887
Ballard Vale Mills Co. - Feb. 6, 1905 - b. 218 p. 238
Marshall I. Stone - Feb. 27, 1928 - b. 538 p. 91 - two parcels of land
Essex Savings Bank - Sept. 19, 1944 - b. p. - mtg. deed
George W. French, Jr. - Oct. 6, 1944 - b. 668 p. 301
Florence O. Stone - Apr. 1, 1950 - b. 732 p. 329
Florence O. Stone estate, Stone heirs - Aug. 5, 1956 - Probate #338090 Middlesex
Heirs; William P. Stone, Marjorie S. Dow, Elizabeth S. Burkhart, Edward W. Stone
Marshall I. Stone - Aug. 21, 1958 - b. 878 p. 324
Dennis E. & Marguerite R. Burke - Sept. 25, 1969 - b. 1141 p. 25
Marguerite R. Burke - Nov. 19, 1981 - b. 1546 p. 160

Inventory Data:

StreetDale St
PlaceBallardvale
Historic DistrictBallardvale Local Historic District
Historic DistrictBallardvale National Register District
Historic NameBallardvale Mills Double Worker Housing
Present Useresidence, two family house
Original Useresidence - two family mill tenament
Construction Date1840 - 1845
SourceECRDS, ENRDL
Architectural StyleGreek Revival
Foundationstone/granite/brick
Wall/Trimbrick; wood lintels
Roofslate - gable
Major Alterations#6: ell removed 1977-78 update 7/9/93 Source Andover Historical files, researcher Alicia Paget
Conditionexcellent
Acreage0.267 acre; 11,646 sq. ft.; lot size, 90' frontage, 6' from street
Settingresidential/commercial
Map and parcel138-12
MHC NumberANV.163
Recorded byMrs. D.B. Woodworth; Stack/Mofford, Alicia Paget, James Batchelder
OrganizationAndover Historical Society, Andover Preservation Commission
Date entered1968, 1975-77, 7/9/1993, 9/26/2016

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