Architectural Description:
NRDIS NRMRA LHD
A 2 family, 2 chimney home with 2 baths and 10 rooms which include 4 bedrooms. The main house is a 1 3/4 stories while the ell, attached to the right side is 1 story. The garage is attached to the ell.
Historical Narrative:
Themes: Architectural, community development
Housing provided for mill operatives significant of a period and utilitarian purpose in architecture at this time of rapid and increasing industrialization and population growth as immigrants began to flood to America. Scots and Irish moving into Ballardvale at this time, many of them experienced from British woolen industry.
owners:
Bradlee Mills
Frances Cunningham Admr. & Benson Frances, 1927.
Meley, Hugh, Jr. & Annie,1959
Kellpatrick, William D. & Joyce,1969
Kenneth & Donna Hirsh,1977
Bibliography/References:
Essex County Registry Deeds, Salem, MA
Essex Northern Registry Deeds, Lawrence, MA
Historical Sketches of Andover, Sarah Loring Bailey 1880
Andover, A Century of Change, Eleanor Richardson 1995
Andover Advertiser, Andover Townsman
Andover Historical Society files, church records.
Poore, Dr. Alfred , "Genealogical - Historical Visitation of Andover, Mass. In the year 1863" Essex Historical Coll. Vols. 48-49.
Ballard Vale Machine Shop – 1848 Franklin Darracott map – lots #8, 10, 23, 25
9-11 Marland St. 157-60 – 0.365 acre (#23 – 3990 sq. ft.)
Owners:
Ballard Vale Machine Shop Co., Levi B. Meriam, Treas. – 1848
Alvah Dearborn & Benjamin Dearborn – July 20, 1849 – b. 414 leaf 239 - #119.70
Alvah Dearborn, wife Elizabeth – Jan. 9, 1850 – b. 422 leaf 123 – ½ house indenture
Benjamin Dearborn - Jan. 9, 1850 – b. 422 leaf 123 – ½ house indenture
Jonathan G. Brown – Feb. 18, 1850 – b. 424 leaf 212 - $600. Mtg. deed
John P. Taylor – Feb. 28, 1853 – b. 474 leaf 72 - $600 Mtg. Deed
John P. Taylor – Sept. 12, 1854 – b. 501 leaf 106 – Poss.
John P. Taylor estate, Albert S. Taylor & Geo. A. Taylor, Trustees – Jan. 20, 1874 – probate
Dennis Murnane – June 29, 1901 – b. 186 p. 95 – ½ dwelling house
Holmes E. Bates – Aug. 8, 1905 – b. 222 p. 188
Gladys B. Morton, wife of James H. – Mar. 19, 1938 – b. 614 p. 63
Lots #8 & 25
Owners:
Alfred Kittridge – 1864
Benjamin Burtt – Feb. 26, 1864 – b. 662 leaf 223 2nd deed
John S. Stark, wife Ellen – Apr. 1, 1885 – b. 82 p. 24
John Davey – May 3, 1890 – b. 106 p. 158
John Davey Estate, Maynard E. S. Clemons Extr.
M. Gardner Clemons, wife Mary – Apr. 18, 1931 – b. 558 p. 74 -
Holmes E. Bates – parcel 2
Gladys B. Morton, wife of James H. – Apr. 18, 1931 – 558 p. 76 parcel #1 lot #23
Gladys B. Morton, wife of James H – Mar. 19, 1938 – b. 614 p. 63 – parcel #2
George R. & Jacqueline F. Thomson – Sept. 25, 1947 – b. 702 p. 569
Rae B. & Joan C. Lanpheir – June 25, 1948 – b. 711 p. 291 – lots 8 & 25
James A. & Frances E. MacMillan – May 27, 1952 – b. 763 p. 70
Andover Savings Bank – Sept. 17, 1956 – b. 841 p. 474-5 – poss.
Hugh & Anne McLay, Jr. – Feb. 8, 1958 – b. 850 p. 100
Hugh & Anne McLay, Jr. - Mar. 6, 1959 – b. 890 p. 163 – lot #10*
William D. & Joyce Killpatrick – June 3, 1969 – b. 1132 p. 145
Kenneth W. & Donna M. Hirsch, Jr. – Feb. 19, 1971 – b. 1166 p. 660
Donna M. Hirsch estate, Kenneth W. Hirsch Jr. heir – Dec. 10, 1989 – probate
Kenneth W. & Karen J. Hirsch, Jr. – Dec. 24, 1993 – b. 3954 p. 198
Luigi Piazza & Rosalina Cudia – Apr. 27, 2000 – b. 5733 p. 98
Luigi & Rosalina (Cudia) Piazza – Dec. 18, 2009 – b. 11879 p. 264 lots 8, 10, 23, 25
*Lot 10 from Frances Cunningham, Wm. Benson & Margaret Shaw to MaLay – Mar. 6, 1959
Inventory Data:
Street | Marland St |
Place | Ballardvale |
Historic District | Ballardvale Local Historic District |
Historic District | Ballardvale National Register District |
Historic Name | Ballardvale Mills Double Worker Housing |
Present Use | residence multi family |
Original Use | mill tenement |
Construction Date | 1860's |
Source | ECRDS, ENRDL, style-njs |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Foundation | brick/stone |
Wall/Trim | clapboards; wood, Vinyl (1996) |
Roof | / Asphalt |
Major Alterations | garage |
Condition | average (1996) |
Acreage | Acreage: 0.37 acres |
Map and parcel | 157-60 |
MHC Number | ANV.374 |
Recorded by | Stack/Mofford; Ruth A. Sharpe, James Batchelder |
Organization | Andover Preservation Commission |
Date entered | 1975-77, 8/2/2016 |