Shawsheen Village was named after the Native American name for the river Shawshin, which means Great Spring. Prior to Shawsheen Village this area was known as Frye Village. All the streets in the Village were named for Castles & Cathedrals in Great Britain. Enmore Street takes its name from Enmore Castle, an historic building in the village of Enmore, Somerset, England.

This home was built as part of the Shawsheen Village development from 1918-1924 by William M. Wood, President of the American Woolen Company. Wood hired about eight different architects to design the homes and structures for the village. Homes were leased through the Homestead Association who had offices in the Post Office building on the corner of North Main & Poor Streets.

Each home incorporates a different look, style and design modifications, most noticeable with the front door entrances. Decorative details on the corner boards and a variety of ornamental trellises, window boxes all added the “icing on the cake, of the original designs. Most of the homes now sport a variety of different colors, no longer all white with green shutters as dictated in the original deeds. Many of the original screen porches have been enclosed for an additional room.

After the death of William M. Wood on Feb. 2, 1926 most of the residential and commercial buildings were then sold. Some were held by the Wood family in the "Arden Trust" and others with the American Woolen Company, which had been deeded the property in December 1920. The A.W.Co. Board of Directors authorized its President, Lionel J. Noah, to deliver all deeds, as deemed necessary to the Textile Realty Co. for sale on Dec. 29, 1931.

The Textile Realty then transferred ownership to the Andover Shawsheen Realty Company on June 30, 1932, holding the mortgage on the properties. T. Edwin Andrew, treasurer, was authorized to sell or lease the properties. With the Great Depression sales were sluggish and many homes were rented until the economy rebounded.

The first occupants of record to lease the home; Andover Townsman Sept. 22, 1922 p. 8 - Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Nault have moved to 33 Enmore street from Lawrence. John & Louise Nault were also here in 1926. John was employed by the American Woolen Co. In 1928 Peter H. Addis is the renter.

This house was sold to Ralph F. Curtin on Sept. 25, 1936. Ralph was an overseer for the American Woolen Co. Ralph owned for 10 years then sold to
Robert E. & Mary C. Bell on June 1, 1946. Bell owned just three years selling to Knut E. & Dorothy B. Hansen on Apr. 2, 1949.

David A. & Pauline (Mower) Robichaud purchased the property on Oct. 3, 1963. The Robichauds owned for 38 years. David was a teacher and taught at Andover High School in the Social Studies Department. He got his BA at the University of New Hampshire and M.Ed at Keene Teachers College. Sadly David died on Jan. 25, 2001. His wife Pauline (Mower) Robichaud then sold the home Timothy J. McLaughlin and Karen J. Stone on June 13, 2001.