Benjamin Punchard House
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| Location | 8 High Street, Andover, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°39′26″N 71°8′29″W / 42.65722°N 71.14139°W |
| Built | 1846 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Town of Andover MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004801[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1982 |
The Benjamin Punchard House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. Located in the center of Andover, it now houses a bank. The house was built in 1846 by Benjamin Punchard, a successful merchant and shopkeeper. Punchard built the house on the site of a Federal style house he had previously occupied, which was moved to 33 High Street, and is known as the Abiel Pearson House. The house he designed has a number of distinctive characteristics, include a number of early Italianate details. Punchard died a wealthy man, and the town's high school was named for him.[2]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Benjamin Punchard House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
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