Shawsheen Village was named after the Native American name for the river Shawshin, which means Great Spring. Prior to Shawsheen Village this area was known as Frye Village. All the streets in the Village were named for Castles & Cathedrals in Great Britain. Enmore Street takes its name from Enmore Castle, an historic building in the village of Enmore, Somerset, England.

This home was built as part of the Shawsheen Village development from 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 leased or sold through the Homestead Association who had offices in the Post Office building on the corner of North Main & Poor Streets.

Each home incorporates a different look, style and design modifications, most noticeable with the front door entrances. Decorative details on the corner boards and a variety of ornamental trellises, window boxes all added the “icing on the cake, of the original designs. Most of the homes now sport a variety of different colors, no longer all white with green shutters as dictated in the original deeds.

After the death of William M. Wood on Feb. 2, 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 A.W.Co. Board of Directors authorized its President, Lionel J. Noah, to deliver all deeds, as deemed necessary to the Textile Realty Co. for sale on Dec. 29, 1931.

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

One of the first occupants of record to lease the home in 1923 were Thomas & Florence Marsh. Thomas was a painter for the American Woolen Co.

This house was sold to Nellie L. Howard on Aug. 19, 1940. The deed was then place in both Nellie L. Howard and George W. Howard names on Dec. 22, 1941. George Howard was a mill worker in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence. in 1943 he is living at 92 Haverhill Street. Nellie married J. Russell Barlow and lived at 9 York Street. It appears the home was for investment property and leased. George W. Howard & Nellie L. (Howard) Barlow sold five years later to Kenneth P. & Ruth B. Thompson on Jan. 31, 1946. Kenneth Thompson later purchased the Andover Paper Store at 54 Main Street. Renamed K. P. Thompsons he moved into the new business block at 77 Main St. then moved to the former location of Hills Hardware (Scanlons) after the Andover Bank remodeled and added the second floor.