259 Andover Street

Architectural Description: 

Tudor Revival

Historical Narrative: 

The home originally built on this lot was razed in 1994 for the construction of the current home. This parcel contains four separate lots of #5, #6, #21 and #22 pieced together over the years. The lots were laid out in 1890 and were about 65' x 100' in dimension or 6500 sq. ft. The first home built on the site was a small Tudor Revival cottage, a popular style in the 1920s.

Atlas: 1926 lot #6 no owner

Andover Directories & street lists:
In 1930 Ewin & Mildred live on Tewksbury St.
1935 Edwin W. mill worker & Mildred E. Brown
1938 Edwin and Mildred E. Brown
1946 Edwin, clerk and Mildred Brown
1955 Edwin and Mildred Brown, # was formerly 443
1977 Mildred Brown b.

Bibliography/References: 

Essex County Registry Deeds, Salem, MA
Essex Northern Registry Deeds, Lawrence, MA

Owners:
Charles Wombwell -
Sherwin Goodwin - Dec. 7, 1892 - b. 134 p. 453 - deed not recorded
Sherwin Goodwin to wife Ruth A. - June 18, 1918 - b. 387 p. 218 - lots 6 & 21
Mildred E. Brown, wife of Edwin W. - Aug. 16, 1933 - b. 571 p. 500
Mildred E. Brown, wife of Edwin W. - Feb. 6, 1944 - b. 727 p. 408 - lot 5
Wendy L. McGowen - June 11, 1982 - b, 1586 p. 15
Walter T. & Janice E. Chernicki - Apr. 13, 1990 - b. 3094 p. 129
G. E. Capitol Asset Management Corp. - May 2, 1994 - b. 3701 p. 126
G. E. Capitol Asset Management Corp - Instrument #18909
Douglas & Laura J. Ahern - Sept. 12, 1994 - b. 4126 p. 242
Steven M. & Joan M. Jennings - June 2, 1995 - b. 4268 p. 53

Parcel 2
Henry M. Hayward - 1892 - lot 5
Charles Shattuck Jr. - Aug. 30, 1892 - b. 120 p. 257 - lots 5 $100
Edward & Martha Lawson, Walter Lawson -
Mabel Mathews - June 21, 1932 - b. 566 p. 152 - lot 5

Inventory Data:

StreetAndover St
PlaceBallardvale
Historic DistrictBallardvale Local Historic District
Present Useresidence
Original Useresidence
Construction Date1930-35
SourceECRDS, ENRDL
Architectural StyleTudor Revival
Foundationstone/granite
ConditionRazed 1994
Acreage0.597 acre
Settingresidential
Map and parcel139-13
Recorded byBarbara Thibault, James S. Batchelder
OrganizationAndover Preservation Commission
Date entered5/22/87, 11/19/2016

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