Architectural Description:
The cape style house, one 1/2 story with addition to southwest end of the home. Originally sheathed in wood clapboard siding replaced by vinyl siding. Home is however in the general style as built.
Historical Narrative:
This home and the others on the west side and northern end of Dale Street were all built as mill operative tenement housing by the Ballard Vale Mill Company in the mid 19th century. Although not included in either the Ballardvale Local Historic District or the Ballardvale National Resister Historic District, they do have historic context to the Districts as the last surviving wooden mill housing on Dale St. and fall withing the buffer zone.
The Ballard Vale Mills owned the homes for about 100 years before selling thee mill complex and all buildings to Marshal I Stone in February 1928. The Ballard Vale Mills held the mortgage as did the Essex Savings Bank of Lawrence, MA. A second mortgage was held by Helen A. Kendall of Washington, D.C. One parcel included all the housing and buildings on the west side of Dale Street. These buildings were later sub-divided into separate lots and sold off individually.
Marshall I. Stone was foreclosed on in 1944 and the Essex Savings Bank then sold the deeds to George W. French of Painfield, NJ. on Oct. 6, 1944. This lot H-1 was sold by French to Florence O. Stone of Newton Mass. on April 1, 1950. This was investment property for Stone who died on Aug. 5, 1956. The property was then inherited by he family who then sold this lot to Marshall I Stone of Bourne, MA on Aug. 21, 1958. Marshall owned for eleven years then selling to Kenneth E. & Valerie A. Arsenault on June 13, 1969.
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 - June 1947 - George W. French - lot H-1
Owners:
Ballard Vale Mill Company -
Josiah Putnam Bradlee
Josiah Putnam Bradlee, estate, Wm. H. Hodgkins, 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. 538 p. 94 - mtg. deed sale
George W. French Jr. - Oct. 6, 1944 - b. 668 p. 301
Florence O. Stone - April 1, 1950 - b. 732 p. 329
Florence O. Stone estate, Aug. 5, 1956 - Probate #338090 - Middlesex Co.
Stone heirs; William P. Stone 3rd, Marjorie S. Dow, Eliz.. S. Burkhart, Edward W. Stone - 1956
Marshall I. Stone - Aug. 21, 1958 - b. 878 p. 324
Kenneth E. & Valerie A. Arsenault - June 13, 1969 - b. 1133 p. 136
Malcolm A. & Marilyn J. Mackay - Aug. 29, 1973 - b. 1226 p. 543
Marilyn J. Mackay - Jan. 12, 1983 - b. 1638 p. 301
William F. & Marilyn J. [Mackay] Becker - July 11, 1983 - b. 1695 p. 310
Park View Realty Trust, Steven K. and James E. Feinberg, Trustees - May 14, 1987 - b. 2496 p. 153
John F. & Eileen (McCormack) Leonard - July 29, 1992 - b. 3515 p. 295
Shakil G. & Sabiha S. Kapadia - Sept. 11, 1997 - b. 4851 p. 281
Barry M. Verville & Roberta A. Paone - July 21, 2000 - b. 5818 p. 112
Barry M. & Roberta A. (Paone) Verville - Feb. 19, 2003 - b. 7534 p. 132
Inventory Data:
| Street | Dale St |
| Place | Ballardvale |
| Historic District | Not Applicable |
| Present Use | residence |
| Original Use | residence, Mill housing |
| Construction Date | 1840 - 1845 |
| Source | ECRDS, ENRDL |
| Foundation | stone/granite/brick |
| Wall/Trim | clapboard/wood/vinyl siding |
| Roof | asphalt - gable |
| Major Alterations | replacement windows, vinyl siding |
| Condition | excellent |
| Acreage | 0.222 acre, 9652 sq. ft. |
| Setting | residential/business |
| Map and parcel | 138-18 |
| Recorded by | Stack/Mofford, James S. Batchelder |
| Organization | Andover Preservation Commission |
| Date entered | 1975 - 1977, 10/5/2016 |
