Rogers-Downing House

Rogers-Downing House
Location Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°39′35″N 71°7′10″W / 42.65972°N 71.11944°W / 42.65972; -71.11944Coordinates: 42°39′35″N 71°7′10″W / 42.65972°N 71.11944°W / 42.65972; -71.11944
Built 1850
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Town of Andover MRA
NRHP Reference #

82004802

[1]
Added to NRHP June 10, 1982

The Rogers-Downing House is a historic house at 269 Highland Road in Andover, Massachusetts. It was built between 1848 and 1852 as the country house for Benjamin Rogers, a wealthy Boston businessman. After Rogers sold it in 1870, it went through a succession of owners before coming into the hands of John Downing, who established a dairy farm and orchard on the estate. Their family retained the house until 1968. The house is an unusual example of a Gothic Revival summer house. Its shape is that of an H, with two 2.5 story wings connected by a 1.5 story connecting section. The gable ends of the side wings face the street, as do two gable dormers on the cross section. These are decorated with bargeboard trim, a typical Gothic Revival detail. The house sits prominently on a rise above Highland Road.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Rogers-Downing House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-25.


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