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FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office oi the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. 232: Lawrence Quad, 1:25000 19/325080/4722950 - FoRBES LA HIPPEN SO4TH (over) 37M-7-77 In Area no. Form no. 232 1. Town Address Name_ Present use ANDOVER 17 Hidden Road Chandler-Hidden House Residential Present owner_Currier, Charles & Margaret 3. Description: Date ca. 1811-12 : Source Historic Houses in Andover Style® Federal Architect David Hidden?
Exterior wall fabric Clapboard Outbuildings (describe) None faces south; 2½ stories; Other features 5 bay facade; side chimneys; center doorway w/pedimented portico; side- lights & fanlight; side entry through vestibule w/classical trim; original rear ell, corner eaves brackets brackets Altered side addition Moved mid 19th c. Date 20th c. Date 5. Lot size: Map 57, Parcel 35 One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage 270" Approximate distance of building from street 15' 6. Recorded byW. Frontiero Organization Andover Historical Commission Date August 7, 1980 7. Original owner (if known)_ Isaac Chandler Original use residentia] Subsequent uses (if any) and datessame 8.
Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation The Chandler-Hidden House is significant (1) for its associations with two locally prominent families; (2) for its connection with and possible design by a noted local builder; and (3) as a good example of vernacular Federal period architecture in Andover. The property retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and setting, and meets Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register. 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) No. 17 Hidden Rd is said to have been built about 1812 for Isaac Chandler, farmer, by his son-in-law David Hidden, a housewright. Chandler's grandfather originally held this property, which Isaac occupied from his birth in 1754 to his death in 1832. He married first (1780) Abigail Holt and second (1826) Elizabeth Upton.
The inventory shows a comfortable estate of $3230 in land and buildings, $786 in personal effects, and a detailed list of articles brought to the house by the second Mrs. Chandler at their marriage. Sources indicate that David Hidden came to Andover from Newburyport with William Bartlet to construct the new buildings at Andover Theological Seminary ca. 1808-10. Hidden married Chandler's daughter Mary in 1816; they lived on the family homestead with her father and brother Isaac. Hidden bought half the dwelling house from his aged father-in-law in 1828, purchasing the other half in 1834 from his sister-in-law Abigail Chandler, the only other heir. David Hidden died in 1861, "highly esteemed and respected He wan a kind-nearted and excellent neighbhe most subetantlat citizens of the towm. The farm was inherited by the Hiddens' two children, Mary (1818-1893) and David I.C.
Hidden (1823-1896), neither Of teton mace add Maryde c a ureduntonef olthet seadeny a bonaner unusnowm as "one of the most respected of the old line Andover citizens possessing the sterling New England qualities that have made so many of our best citizens."3 The house passed out of the family in 1897, and in 1919 was bought by neighbor H. Bradford Lewis for the use of his daughter. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Essex County Registry of Deeds, Lawrence & Salem (754/483; 411/278; 259/138; 259/136; 337/191; 194/363; 155/155;248/113; Probate Docket Nos. 79817, 73893, 42222, 4934) Andover Historical Society Vertical Files, "Hidden Family," "Chandler Family," "Chandler Genealogy" comp. by Charlotte Helen Abbott Andover Townsman, "Obituary, David I.C. Hidden," Sept.
25, 1896 Andover Vital Records to 1850 Footnotes 1) Andover Historical Society Vertical Files, "Hidden Family" obituary (1893) 2) Ibid. 3) Andover Townsman, 25 Sept. 1896, "Obituaty, David IC Hidden" NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMB NO. 1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/34 For NPS use only received date entered Page 2s Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Town of Andover Multiple Resource Area State Nomination/Type of Review Nae. Main Street-Locke Street Distriet 12. Abbot, Asa and Sylvester, Housentered in the National Register - 13. Andover National Bank Sabstantire Hevlew 14. Andover Town Hall Entered in the National Register 15. Arden Entered in the National Regiater 16. Bailey, Timothy P., House Entered in the National Begiater 17.
Barnard Block Entered in the National Regtster ~18. Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House Substantive Review 19. Chickering House Entered in the National Register 20.
Chandler-Hidden House Entered in the National Register Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Date/Signature Bmu tan augd 10-7% SelouesByus 6/10/82 4HBraunam 6.10.82 Patucle Anduo 6/8/82 deoud Byer 6/10/82 delmus Byer 6lr0/82 delmer Byen 0110/5z Delme Byen 6/20/82 WHBracham 6.10.82 Patuick Anduus 6/8/82 Selan Byu 6/0/52 Delver Byera 6/10/82 SdN.:104 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET TOwN of AndorMRP PropertyChander- Huchen House State, County:- ESSEX Federal Agency: resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: United States Department of the interior National Park Service Working No. 42383-1183 Fed. Reg.
Date FEB 1 1983 Date Due: 5/27/82-6/12 182 Action: < ACCEPT_ 6/10/82 Entered in the - RETURN_ Natlonal Register- REJECT- photos_ maps - -sample - request _ appeal - NR decision Recom. /Criteria Reviewer Discipline. Date - see continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification ralin Motte Aoqlaitie Owner of Property eeselel vason Uao 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys te tte property besn desermtmed oftgubte? 7. Description Met .n terer and ertolnel (19 tmewn) phryalead summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Check eve -mono - moved 8.
Significance tortor Arese Gf Chook and hoatliy bolew summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to theresource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Aareago et nomiratad property Quedrangio neme UNIT Reterencee Ferbel boundery descriptien and jestheathes 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Tie evelusted significance of thie property within the state le: national local ceorvetten Officer elgnatur 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed - Date. Phone: 202 272 - 35 Comments for any Item may be continued on an attached sheet 17 Hidden Rd.
Chandler-Hidder Huse Tuuna Andevo MRA, Ma QCT :980 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000298