Architectural Description:
NRDIS NRMRA.
Queen Anne/Shingle. This irregular shaped, 3 storied, gable end forward house has an attached side tower with a conical tile roof. The top story of the gable peak has two sash windows with scalloped shingle above and cantilevered shingles below. The cornice is boxed. The second story is 3 bays with shingles, 3 sash windows with shutters. The first story has a porch with eight turned posts with scrolled brackets, 2 pilasters, geometric-shaped railing, pedimented stoop with fan detail and latticework base. The first story is clapboard with an off-center entrance and three-sided bay. The side tower presents itself as a three-sided bay on the first two floors and a free standing octogon on the third floor. A scalloped shingle acts as a belt course between the first and second stories. The conical roof of the tower is capped by a bulbous-shaped turned finial. Two chimneys are off center and to the rear of the gable roof.
Historical Narrative:
Phillips Academy map #176
Building Marker 1996
Owners:
On 1906 map but not 1888.
Valued at $4,000 in 1900: 16,00, sq. ft. lot valued at $1,000.
1897-98 directory: Katherine and Ed Paine, h. 32 Phillips
Bibliography/References:
Town of Andover, Assessor's Valuation of Real Estate 1900.
Inventory Data:
Street | Phillips St |
Place | Andover Center |
Historic District | Academy Hill NRH District |
Historic Name | Williston House - Phillips Academy |
Present Use | faculty residence |
Original Use | private residence |
Construction Date | 1891 |
Source | town of Andover |
Architectural Style | Queen Anne |
Foundation | field stone |
Wall/Trim | shingle and clapboard |
Roof | tile |
Condition | good |
Acreage | less than one acre |
Setting | residential street (private and educational) |
Map and parcel | 56-11 |
MHC Number | ANV.1146 |
Recorded by | Sandra Pomeroy |
Organization | Andover Historical Society |
Date entered | 11/91 |