This home and the one across the street at #173 are two of the first homes to be built along the former Boston & Maine Railroad line that is now High Street from Harding St. and continuing into North Andover to Sutton St. then on to Haverhill, MA. The rail tracks were moved to the current location to the west in 1848 to service the new city of Lawrence, MA. The old line was abandoned and converted into a "highway" in 1856.
Andover Advertiser - July 12, 1856 – County Commissioners to layout old railroad from Andover Village to Sutton’s Mills as a public highway.

This section of High Street was the extension of the Andover-Wilmington Railroad (1836-1848) that originally stopped at Essex Street but then was extended to Haverhill and Manchester, NH. It merged to become the Boston & Maine Railroad.

This parcel of land once contained 22 acres 115 rods and was listed as east of the Town Farm and the Almshouse, which was located on Bunham Rd. to York St. The Trustees of Phillips Academy sold the parcel to Peter Temple on May 2, 1846 - b. 370 for $681. Peter built the home shortly after. The Andover Valuation Schedule of 1850 list Temple's property with Dwelling house, barn and 2/12 acres land adjoining $2300. 22 acres of Trustee Land $660. 30 acres of Young wood $800. and Farm Stock $95.

Peter Temple also acquired 2 acres 104 rods of additional land along the abandoned railroad bed from the Boston & Maine Railroad on May 11, 1855. Temple borrowed money from the Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, Professor of Sacred Literature at the Andover Theological Seminary on Sept. 29, 1859. The loan was in the form of a mortgage, which Peter Temple could not meet. Rev. Stowe was forced to foreclose on the property on Sept. 4, 1862. Calvin's wife was Harriet Beech Stowe, who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The Stowes lived on Chapel Ave. (now #80 Bartlett St.) in the stone house that Harriet did over into a home. Stowe lived in Andover from 1852-1864.

Calvin Stowe sold this home to John F. Shattuck on Sept. 27, 1865, for $1800. John F. Shattuck was born in Andover in 1840, son of Thomas C. Shattuck & Solome K. Bailey of Andover. His father Thomas was a Cordwainer or Shoemaker and in the 1860 census several of his eight children were working in his trade including John F.

John F. Shattuck married on Nov. 21, 1861 in Nashua, NH to Althea Amelia Cutler, b. Oct. 19, 1843 in Tewksbury, MA daughter of William Kenneth & Amelia (Haven) Cutler. Althea's brother Abalino B. Cutler married in 1865 to Mary Susan Nourse and lived at 221 Lowell St. in West Parish, a portion of their farm now West Parish Garden Cemetery. John F. Shattuck worked in the shoe making trade then became a milk dealer by 1870.

John F. & Althea had seven children: George Cutler b. Nov. 22, 1862, Edwin Leslie b. Feb. 6, 1864, Ella Jane b. Nov. 16, 1867 - d. Jan 15, 1871, Etta May b. Apr. 17, 1872 - d. July 13, 1872, Louis died an infant, Lewis Herbert b. Feb. 15, 1874, Mary b.___ died Oct. 22, 1923, and another infant who died. The surviving sons went on to other professions.

George Cutler Shattuck became an architect, worked for the firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge and was the designer of the main entrance Arch, Chapel, stone cottage and tomb of the West Parish Garden Cemetery in 1908 -1909. George also won an award for the Boston Laying in Hospital. George never married, lived in Watertown, MA and died on Sept. 6, 1923. He in interred at West Parish Cemetery across from the chapel. His brother Edwin Leslie Shattuck would become a dentist, married and lived in London, England with wife Lyde and two daughters Edna and Marjory. Edwin died on April 1, 1939. Lewis Herbert became a Lawyer, married twice, and had one daughter Althea. Lewis died on July 28, 1919 in Manchester, NH.

John Shattuck sold the property for $2600 to Helena A. Pease, wife of Albion P. Pease on April 19, 1876. Pease owned just one year then selling to Ezekiel W. Mathews and wife Eunice for $2800 on Sept. 21, 1877. The property was now reduced to 13 acres 141 sq. rods. Matthews owned the place for 25 years then sold to Charles S. Bingham, wife May on Dec. 1, 1902.

Samuel D. Berry purchased the property on Sept. 2, 1909.