William Foster House

William Foster House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	2 Abbot Bridge Road (formerly 96 Central Street), Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°38′50″N 71°8′48″W / 42.64722°N 71.14667°W / 42.64722; -71.14667Coordinates: 42°38′50″N 71°8′48″W / 42.64722°N 71.14667°W / 42.64722; -71.14667
Built	1720
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.	90000191[1]
Added to NRHP	March 9, 1990

The William Foster House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. The core of this house is a three-bay two-story late First Period structure built c. 1720. It was added onto about 1750, adding a two-story one-room ell to the southwest corner of the house. A new chimney core was added on the north side late in the 18th century, and a second two-story wing was added on the northwest. Although the house is traditionally dated to c. 1660 (with ownership of the land traced to 1635), the stylistic construction techniques indicate a later construction date.^[2]

The house is also notable for housing a boys' school in the later years of the 18th century, operated by William Foster for students who could not qualify for Phillips Academy.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References[]

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