This home was built as part of the Shawsheen Village development 1918 – 1924 by William M. Wood, President of the American Woolen Company Wood hired about eight different architects to design the homes and structures for the village. Homes were sold or rented through the Homestead Association who had offices in the Post Office building on the corner of North Main & Poor Streets.

This house was designed by James E. Allen of Lawrence and built in 1919 on the lot directly behind the Post Office building (#342) on the current parking lot then listed as 350 North Main St. Four homes occupied the parcel along North Main to Windsor St. When the master plan of Shawsheen was altered to accommodate the Aberdeen - Merchants Building the four homes were moved in 1921 to the new Kenilworth extension on the east side of North Main Street. The houses moved are the Cape at 385 North Main and 11, 9, and 5 Kenilworth Street.

After the death of William M. Wood in Feb. 1926 most of the residential and commercial buildings were then sold. Some were held by the Wood family in the "Arden Trust" and others with the American Woolen Company, which had been deeded the property in December 1920. The AWCo Board of Directors authorized its President Lionel J. Noah to deliver all deeds, as deemed necessary to the Textile Realty for sale on Dec. 29, 1931.

The Textile Realty then transferred ownership of some of the properties to the Andover Shawsheen Realty Company on June 30, 1932. T. Edwin Andrew, treasurer, was authorized to sell or rent the properties. With the Great Depression sales were sluggish and many homes were rented until the economy rebounded.

This house at #350 North Main Street in the 1920 Census was occupied by Robert Fursh age 30, b. Switzerland, immigrated in 1914, Wool Buyer - Wool Mill, wife Helen 30 b. Germany, son Robert b. 22 months.