The house is listed in the Shawsheen Village National Register Historic District, surveyed in 1977 and created in 1979. It was designated a National Register Historic District in 1980 by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The original two-acre parcel of land with a house was part of the current property at 58 Haverhill Street in Shawsheen Village. The house, set back from the road, is sited at the corner of Haverhill Street and Fleming Avenue about 200’ east of the Boston and Maine Rail Road tracks. The small cottage sits high above the street and fronts on an access way connecting Fleming Ave. (formerly Hillside Ave.) to Haverhill Street. The former lot included numbers 58,60 & 62 Haverhill St. and 15, 19 & 25 Fleming Ave. running north about 435 feet deep with the west boundary now the east side of Fleming Ave. The east boundary is the Carlisle St. pass through.

On an 1856 map of Andover, there are two houses marked near this location, the first structure is owned by William Lawson (4 Fleming Ave.) and just east of him is John Robinson. The 1850 town valuation lists John Robinson, 2 acres and house at $400. In 1860 a John Thomas is listed here with a property value of $520. Alexander E. Cohen of Lawrence purchased the property with buildings from Charlotte A. Thomas on September 12, 1861. Alexander E. Cohen died on April 14 , 1888. [see #58 for Cohen story]

John S. Gile, the public administrator of Lawrence, was appointed to settle the Cohen estate. On June 1, 1888 Cohen’s house was leased to Joshua Bailey for three years. Mr. Bailey completely renovated the house and moved his family in on Saturday, June 17th. At the end of the lease the Cohen real estate was sold on November 17, 1891 at public auction. John Barrett of Andover purchased the two acres of land and house for $550. On the 1888 map lists J. Barrett as the owner of the property adjoining Cohen’s at #4 Fleming Ave.

John Barrett, a farmer, rented the former Cohen house until 1900 when it was sold to Mary A. Keleher, who later married George A. Black. The house was then sold to Alexander & Elizabeth Mura on March 7, 1901. Mura family are listed at 58 Haverhill Street in the 1900 Valuation, House $300, Barn $100, and 3 ½ acres of Wilson land at $250. Alexander Mura worked at the Washington Mills, Marland Mill and then Pacific Mills in Lawrence by 1908. The Mura family sold to Leonides Hamel in August 1908.

Hamel was a carpenter & box maker, his wife Delphine a housewife. Treffle Hamel is also listed in 1916.

In 1926 the Hamels own the small variety store at #54 Haverhill Street and are living at #62 Haverhill Street, as is the Town Chief of Police Frank M. Smith and his wife May E. Smith. Albert, Germaine M. and Treffle Hamel are residing at #58 and a John J. & Edith Ready are also given at #58. Hamel acquired several more acres in the neighborhood and subdivided the Cohen lot. first to build a new house for his family at 60 Haverhill Street. The property remained with the Hamel family until Delphine sub-dived the lot and sold #60 Haverhill St. to Benjamin & Mary Gallo on Apr. 24, 1943.