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Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	88 Lowell Street, Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°39′59″N 71°9′25″W / 42.66639°N 71.15694°W / 42.66639; -71.15694
Built	c.1673
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Town of Andover MRA
NRHP reference No.	82004830
Added to NRHP	June 10, 1982

Chandler-Bixby-Abbot House (1673) is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts and is the oldest surviving house in Andover.

History

The house was built before 1673 by Captain Thomas Chandler, a blacksmith who was one of the original proprietors of Andover, as part of his sixty-acre farm. The house was inherited by his daughter Hannah Bigsby (Bixby) upon Chandler's death. The farm house was later remodeled in a Georgian style. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is one of the oldest surviving houses in Massachusetts.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Chandler - Bigsby - Abbot House". Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (downloadable PDF). Retrieved April 14, 2023.
3. ^ "88 Lowell Street Architectural Description". Andover Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2023.

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