Architectural Description:
LHD
Style: Late Greek Picturesque
Other features: double tenement, bracketted door hoods; forced hot air furnace and auto burners
2 baths, 4 bedrooms, 10 rooms; 2 units built 1882; 1983 Frame shed 10x18;
2A house, Hip roof; Mill house originally; attic unheated - Asbestos exterior; Asphalt roof; built on hill approx. 25 ft from street; 2 chimneys
Historical Narrative:
Themes: Architectural, Community development
Historical significance: 1888 Mrs. Mary Salmon, husband David
Bibliography/References:
Essex County Registry Deeds, Salem, MA
Essex Northern Registry Deeds, Lawrence, MA
Andover street directories
Andover Real Estate listings
Owners:
John Howe Jr. - 1848 - land
Ebenezer F. Lovejoy - May 2, 1850 - b. 427 leaf 159 - land
Ebenezer F. Lovejoy estate, Ebenezer Lovejoy, guardian to heirs -Mar. 20, 1865 - Probate
Milton Austin of Boston - Apr. 24, 1865 - b. 683 leaf 51 - $600 ( 1 acre 120 rods)
Frederic M. Putnam - Apr. 2, 1865 - b. 683 leaf 52 - $1000 (5 1/2 acres)
John A. Putnam - Oct. 3, 1865 - b. 690 leaf 256 - $500. (1/2 of property)
John A. Putnam - Apr. 27, 1875 - b. 926 leaf 148 - $750 (1/2 of BV property) Salem deed
John A. Putnam - Mar. 23, 1875 - b. 35 p. 256 - $750 (1/2 of BV property)
John William Morrison - Dec. 15, 1885 - b. 84 p. 323 - 3 1/2 acres
Joseph W. Smith - June 28, 1887 - b. 91 p. 188
Richard P. Hall, assignee for Joseph W. Smith - Feb. 7, 1889
Howell F. Wilson - April 23, 1889 - b. 99 p. 583 & 584 - two parcels
John Burke - May 3, 1904 - b. 211 p. 470 & 472
John Burke estate, Howard A. Duffy, Commissioner - Feb. 18, 1924 - Probate court
John J. Burke - June 12, 1924 - b. 501 p. 502 & 503 - two parcels
John J. Burke estate; heirs, Lena V., Margaret G., Eva V. Burke & Ellen E. Joseph - Probate
William E. & Florence A. Burke - Oct. 9, 1936 - b. 603 pgs. 566 & 568
William E. Burke estate,died Dec. 28, 1946 - heir Florence A. Burke -
Raymond B. & Alice Y. Keating - Aug. 8, 1947 - b. 701 p. 335
Charles T. & Ona A. Bentley - Sept. 5, 1950 - b. 740 p. 555
Charles T. Bentley estate died Feb. 10, 1973, heir Ona A. Bentley
Phillip W. Rudolph & Donna L. Cairnie - Aug. 2, 1976 - b. 1288 p. 64
Inventory Data:
| Street | Andover St |
| Place | Ballardvale |
| Historic District | Ballardvale Local Historic District |
| Present Use | 2 family residence |
| Original Use | 2 family residence |
| Construction Date | 1882 |
| Source | ECRDS, ENRDL, style-njs |
| Architectural Style | Other |
| Foundation | stone/granite/brick |
| Wall/Trim | Asbestos, wood frame |
| Roof | asphalt - gable |
| Major Alterations | asbestos siding, some widow replacements, shed (1967) |
| Condition | good |
| Acreage | 0.950 acre; Lot size: 41,387 sq. ft.; Approx. frontage: 145' |
| Setting | residential |
| Map and parcel | 137-25 |
| MHC Number | ANV.22 |
| Recorded by | Stack/Mofford; Ruth Sharpe, James S. Batchelder (Ballardvale Historic District) |
| Organization | Andover Preservation Commission |
| Date entered | 1975 - 1977; Feb 1998, 11/12/2016 |
