Andover Street Historic District
Andover Street Historic District | |
Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°38′37″N 71°17′11″W / 42.64361°N 71.28639°W |
Area | 70.6 acres (28.6 ha) |
Built | 1802 |
Architect | Clark, Edwin R.; Stickney, Frederick W. |
Architectural style | Varied |
NRHP reference No. | 00000568 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 2, 2000 |
The Andover Street Historic District is a linear residential
Description and history
Andover Street, designated Massachusetts Route 133, is the major roadway extending eastward from downtown Lowell toward Andover in a roughly straight line. To its north, East Merrimack Street also runs east–west, but follows the contours of the Merrimack River, which lies to its north, until it bends south and ends at a junction with Andover Street in far eastern Lowell. At one stretch the two roads are sufficiently close to one another that there are single properties abutting both of them. The district extends along this piece of road, from Andover Street's junction with Nesmith Street to the Tewksbury line. It is lined with generously sized lots, with house often set back 20 to 30 feet (6.1 to 9.1 m). Lot size tend to increase in size further east, reflecting grander properties that were developed later.[2]
In the first major phase of the area's growth, between the 1860s and 1890s,
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Andover Street Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 31, 2014.