Benjamin Abbot House

Benjamin Abbot House
Location Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°38′47″N 71°9′11″W / 42.64639°N 71.15306°W / 42.64639; -71.15306Coordinates: 42°38′47″N 71°9′11″W / 42.64639°N 71.15306°W / 42.64639; -71.15306
Built 1711
NRHP Reference # 75000242[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 1975

The Benjamin Abbot House or Abbot Homestead is a historic house at 9 Andover Street in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. It remains a private residence and is visible from the Haverhill MBCR commuter train just before the Andover station. It was long thought to be the residence of Benjamin Abbot, a teacher and a figure of the Salem Witch Trials.

The house was built in 1711 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In 2004, PBS filmed a History Detectives documentary with the Abbot homestead as the subject. Dendrochronologists were consulted, and it was determined that the earliest portion of the house, the eastern (right hand) portion, was built in 1711,[2] The western portion, to the left of the entryway, was built in 1713.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ NEW ENGLAND: ABBOT’S HOUSE, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, History Detectives
  3. ↑ "Dated buildings in New York State Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory". dendrochronology.net. Retrieved 2016-02-23.


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