Shawsheen Village Historic District, Andover

Name: Shawsheen Village Historic District
Address: Andover, United States

#25 among attractions in Andover

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Shawsheen Village Historic District is a historic district in northern Andover, Massachusetts. Shawsheen Village was completed in the early 1920s as a planned corporate community. Conceived by William Madison Wood of the American Woolen Company, the village was designed a team of architects including Adden & Parker, Clifford Allbright and Ripley & LeBoutillier of Boston and James E. Allen of Lawrence. John Franklin, a civil engineer for the American Woolen Company was responsible for designing the village, under the direction of Wood. Buildings from the original Frye Village were also incorporated into the design which included a railroad station, shops, apartment buildings, factories, parks and numerous single-family dwellings. The village was located just up the road from the Company's main factories in nearby Lawrence. ()

Coordinates: 42°40'22"N, 71°8'51"W

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AndoverAndover United States

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Shawsheen Village Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts, Andover Town Hall, The Stevens–Coolidge Place, Abbot Tavern.

1.1 miS
Theater
J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts, Andover
29 min walk • The J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts is a 1,203 seat, publicly owned theatre in Andover, Massachusetts which functions as both a venue for municipal functions and a facility for private rentals.
1.2 miS
Performing arts, Entertainment, City hall
Andover Town Hall, Andover
31 min walk • Andover Town Hall is the historic town hall of Andover, Massachusetts. It is located at 20 Main Street, between Park and Barnard Streets. The 2+1⁄2 story Romanesque Revival red brick building was constructed in 1858, not long after the separation of North Andover.
1.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
The Stevens–Coolidge Place, Lawrence
35 min walk • The Stevens–Coolidge House and Gardens, formerly known as Ashdale Farm, is a garden and historic home located on 91 acres at 153 Chickering Road in North Andover, Massachusetts.
1 miSE
Nightlife
Abbot Tavern, Andover
26 min walk • Abbot Tavern is a historic former tavern, now a private residence, in Andover, Massachusetts. Probably built in the second half of the 18th century, it is a prominent local example of Georgian, and is also significant for its association with the locally prominent Abbot family.
1.1 miS
Library
Memorial Hall Library, Andover
30 min walk • Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton.
1.7 miNW
Nightlife
Holihan Brothers, Lawrence
43 min walk • Holihan Brothers of Lawrence, Mass. began as a producer of whiskeys in 1856. They operated the Diamond Spring Brewery from 1912 until around Prohibition and then opened after Prohibition in 1933. They produced beer and ales under the Holihan's and Diamond Spring labels. The company also made soda beginning in 1917.
~1880 ftSE
Greek Revival architecture
Jehiel Cochran House, Andover
10 min walk • The Jehiel Cochran House is a historic house at 65 Burnham Road in Andover, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Massachusetts cultural inventory records at 63 Burnham Road, but by the Andover Historical Society at 65 Burnham Road.
1.1 miS
Gothic Revival architecture
J. T. Abbot House, Andover
30 min walk • The J. T. Abbot House is a historic house at 34 Essex Street in Andover, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival house was built in the late 1840s for Joseph Thompson Abbot by Jacob Chickering, a leading local real estate developer and builder of the mid 19th century.
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Andover Public Schools, Andover
35 min walk • The Andover Public Schools district is the public school district for the town of Andover, Massachusetts.
1.2 miS
Neighbourhood
Andover Village Industrial District, Andover
31 min walk • The Andover Village Industrial District encompasses one of the 19th century industrial mill villages of Andover, Massachusetts known locally as "The Village".
1.3 miNW
Neighbourhood
Sacred Heart Parish Complex, Lawrence
33 min walk • The Sacred Heart Parish Complex is historic former Roman Catholic church complex located at 321 S. Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It consists of five buildings built between 1899 and 1936, including a fine Gothic Revival stone church.

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Andover (26 min walk)