This corner lot is number 31 on the 1848 Darracott map of land owned by the Ballad Vale Machine Shop Co. A vote by the share holders in April 1848 allowed the auction of house lots in the village. The lot #31 was purchased by John S. Rand on May 26, 1848 for $212.86. Rand sold 1/2 of the house a year later to Gilman Davis on Apr. 2, 1849 for $1000. John reserved a right-of-way on the westerly side for use of the well, with a promise to share in its repair and maintenance. The 1850 Andover Valuation Schedule lists John S. Rand 1/2 dwelling house and land $800. and Davis 1/2 dwelling house $800. Rand then sells the northwesterly half of the house to Davis on Jan. 13, 1852 rec. Apr. 26, 1853. Gilman Davis later purchased the lot behind the home (lot #2) on the corner of Center & Tewksbury Streets. This lot came form Alfred Kittridge on Mar. 26, 1861 containing 5901 sq. ft.

With the death of Gilman Davis his property was inherited by his siblings; John C. Davis, William L. Davis, Rosamond C. Nevens, Louisa Dunn, Stephen H. Davis, Martha F. Bodge, Hannah D. Corell, Harriet E. Disosca in 1887.

John Davey purchased the Davis estate on June 13, 1887. John Davey had already acquired lots #4 & 6 on Center St. and lots #27 & 29 on Marland St. from J. Howard Nichols of Newton, MA on Nov. 9, 1882. Davey now had one large contiguous lot made up of six parcels. Three of these comprise the property today, the house lot #1 and two adjoining lots on Marland St. #29 the small barn and lot #27 occupied by the one car garage.

John Davey's estate in May 1890, his Executor, Maynard E. S. Clemons would purchase the property. Clemons held the property until his death when is was sold to Hazel G. Edwards, wife of Ernest T. Edwards on April 18, 1931. Edwards owned for 27 years then selling to David & & Catherine Netti on Nov. 17, 1958. David Netti & Ernest Edwards, were an electrician and mill supervisor, according to Ruth Sharpe.

Bruce & Charlotte Taylor purchased the property on Aug. 10, 1972. The home was converted from a two-family into a two unit condominium in 2005. They sold number 3 to Kathleen R. Corliss on Sept. 29, 2005. Bruce Taylor died in 2010 and Charlotte Taylor remains as owner of unit #1 in 2019.