48 - 48A Center Street

Architectural Description: 

NRDIS NRMRA LHD
Style: Vernacular Mill Housing
Other features: identical style as 50 Center when built

Historical Narrative: 

Themes: Architectural, Community development, Industry
Historical significance: Probably part of mill village developed for workers at Ballardville Mills, 1857, by Jacob Chickering and others

Bibliography/References: 

Essex County Registry Deeds, Salem, MA
Essex Northern Registry Deeds, Lawrence, MA
Ballardvale Machine Shop - May 1848 Darracott map - lot #6
Map plan #3575 - Oct. 1957 - Ernest & Hazel G. Edwards
Chickering, Jacob: "Miscellaneous Bills, Records", (contract with John Marland & Co. , 1957) MVTM

Owners:
Alfred Kitteridge - 1864
Adoniam J. Dearborn - Feb. 27, 1864 - b. 662 leaf 257 - lots #6 & #27
John Howard Nichols - May 16, 1864 - b. 667 leaf 294
John Howard Nichols - May 16, 1864 - b. 669 leaf 17 - lots #4 & #29
John Davey - Nov. 11, 1882 - b. 69 p. 593 - lots, #4, #6, #27, #29
John Davey estate, Maynard E.S. Clemons, Extr. Mar. 31, 1931 - probate
M. Gardner Clemons - Apr. 18, 1931 - b. 558 p. 74
Mary Clemons - Nov. 22, 1933 - b. 573 p. 306
Hazel G. Edwards, wife of Ernest R. - June 20, 1936 - b. 599 p. 99 - lots #4 & #6
James E. & Frances Cunningham - Nov. 13, 1957 - b. 864 p. 349 - lot #4
James E. & Frances Cunningham - Mar. 11, 1961 - b. 933 p. 104 - lot #2 (28 Tewksbury St.)
Frances Cunningham estate, James E. heir - June 8, 1970 - probate
James E. Cunningham estate, heir Frances (Cunningham) Allgrove - Probate #310302
William F. & Lynn M. Shaw - Aug. 14, 1986 - b. 2271 p. 3

Corner lot at 28 Tewksbury St.
M. Gardner Clemons - Apr. 18, 1931 - b. 558 p. 74
Gladys Shattuck - Apr. 18, 1931 - b. 558 p. 75 - lot #2
James E. & Frances Cunningham - Mar. 11, 1961 - b. 933 p. 104 - lot #2

Inventory Data:

StreetCenter St
PlaceBallardvale
Historic DistrictBallardvale Local Historic District
Historic DistrictBallardvale National Register District
Historic NameBallardvale Mills Double Worker Housing
Present Use2 family residences
Original Usemill workers housing
Construction Date1857
SourceChickering records - style
Architectural StyleOther
Foundationstone/granite/brick
Wall/Trimclapboard - asbestos
Roofasphalt - gable
Major AlterationsCondo conversion 2009
Conditiongood
AcreageLot size: 3,954 sq. ft., #50 - 3,990 sq. ft.; approx. frontage: 60' for both
Settingresidential
Map and parcel157-64
MHC NumberANV.98
Recorded byStack/Mofford
OrganizationAndover Historical Commission
Date entered1975 - 1977

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