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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. 326: Lawrence Quad, 1:25000 19/324580/4724610 PARK 20 BARNARV MAIN (over) 37M-7-77 In Area no. Form no. 326 1. Town Address Name Present use Andover 20 Main Street Andover Town Hall governmental offices Present owner Town of Andover 3.
Description: Date 1858 Source Andover Advertiser Style Romanesque Revival Architect Theodore Voelkers Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (deseribe)_ none Other features 23 stories: gable roof: arched corbel table; 2-story recessed relieving arches; segmentally arched windows on 1stfloor have hoodmmolding; roundheaded windows on ?d floor have key- stone; tripartite, roundhdd gable window;" Altered . Date *recessed, arched center entrance Moved Date 5. Lot size: Map 39 Parcel 1 One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage 380' Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded by Organization Date w. Frontiero AHC 7 Aug. 1980 7. Original owner (if known)_ Town of Andover Original use town hall Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_same 8.
Themes (check as many as applicable) Town Hall is significant (1) as a symbol of the political division and incorporation of the Town of Andover; (2) for its important civic role throughout later town history; and (3) as a good example of the early Romanesqae Revival style as built by a noted industrial architect. The property retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and setting, it meets Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register. 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Andover's first town meetings after its legal separation from North Andover in 1855 were held in the furniture warerooms of Henry F. Barnard. The building of Town Hall was proposed in 1856, and the structure was completed in 1858. On March 7, 1859, the first town meeting was held in the new hall.
The building committee which supervised construction contained some of Andover's most prominent citizens, two of whom were professional builders: manufacturers Peter Smith and John Dove, Nathaniel Swift, and builders Jacob Chickering and William S. Jenkins. Theodore Voelkers of Boston was the architect; Abbott & Clement of Andover, the builders. Iotal cost for the land and building was about $14,500. The building conmittee was commended for the "substantial, beautiful, and conmodious Town House... an honor to themselves and the town." This relatively modest hall bears a striking similarity to mill architecture of the period. Town Hall visually emphasizes the great prosperity of Andover's factories at this period, and perhaps not coincidentally given the make-up of the building conmittee, the architect was well-known for his mill designs.
The simple mass with its gable roof and flat planes is unpretentious, but it is also an excellent period piece. A dynamic pattern of arched motifs in doorway, windows, relieving arches, and corbeling forms the dominant architectural interest. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Andover Historical Society Vertical Files, "Town Hal1" 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. 12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 2fs Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Town of Andover Multiple Resource Area State Nomination/Type of Review NulMain Street-Locke Street District 12. Abbot, 'Asa and Sylvester, Housintered in the National Register - 13.
Andover National Bank Substantire Heview 14. Andover Town Hall Entered in the National Register 15. Arden Entered in the National Register 16. Bailey, Timothy P., House Entered in the National Begister Entered in the National Register 17. Barnard Block ~18. Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House 19. Chickering House 20.
Chandler-Hidden House Substantive Review Entered in the National Register 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 Amu dua agd 10.7% ddeloreaByus c/10/82 4tBracam 6.10.82 Patucle Anduo c/8/82 dered Bye 6/10/82 Oelud Byen 6/10/82 delmer Byen 0l10/s2 Deloe Byen 6/20/82 WAlBracham 6.10.82 Patick Anduus 6/8/82 Odelaur Byeu 6/10/52 delme Byes 6/10/82 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET/foWN of Andover MRA National Park Service Property: Andover lOWN Ha State, County: MA Essex Federal Agency: resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Working No. 251 1283 Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: 5/27/82-6/12/ Action: ACCEPT- 6/10/82 Entered in the RETURN_ National Register REJECT_ photos_ maps - Substantive Review: - sample - request _ appeal - NR decision Reviewer's comments: 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 gery wereieig ofte Raspeleltien 4. Owner of Property Preeent Uee 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys boe tnie pre perty bean determined 7. Description etertore ruine agfnal (00 lumeum) piy summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.
Significance portad Aroes of pocle dete alderiAro e el sigaltbesnoo (lo ono pancora summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Aereage ef nominetedi property Quedrangte nome UAIT Roterencse Porbel boun ary deseriptien and justifleatien 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Tho eveluated olgnilicance of thie property within the stato. te: national state local Late Hletarte Preeervatten Officer elgnature 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 20 Main St.
Ardover Town Hell Tum dl Anduer MRAMa OCT :980 OCI 2980 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000298