{"nrhp_refnum":"76000282","name":"Kittredge Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"56 Academy Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Andover","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.689905639000074,"lon":-71.11367800136708,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story wood-frame Federal style residence at 56 Academy Road, North Andover, Massachusetts, built in 1784 by Dr. Thomas Kittredge on a 45-acre farm, with an 1848 ell and carriage house, a c. 1850 haybarn and later outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of North Andover's earliest and best preserved examples of Federal architecture, showing how inland towns copied coastal styles such as those of Salem. It is also tied to the Kittredge medical family, including Dr. Thomas Kittredge, a Bunker Hill surgeon. The house, barn and sheds form a unit of architectural and agricultural continuity.","narrative":"Set on 45 acres of farmland in North Andover, this three-story wood-frame house was built in 1784 by Dr. Thomas Kittredge. Its five-bay symmetrical facade, hipped roof with balustrade, white clapboards and tapered Doric corner pilasters reflect the Federal houses of nearby Salem, while the interior, with its central hall, paneled parlors and Georgian mantels and mouldings, remains Georgian in character. A two-story ell and carriage house were added in 1848, and a haybarn with Gothic-style window details followed around 1850. Thomas Kittredge was among the town's first doctors, served as a surgeon at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and trained medical students in the house. Later generations of the family also produced doctors, and one ran a small sanitarium there in the 1920s and 1930s. The property has stayed with the Kittredge family and remains a working farm. It was listed for its Federal architecture, its minor alterations and its agricultural continuity.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Dr. Thomas Kittredge (builder, per the statement of significance)","architectural_style":"Federal with Georgian elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered; still a working farm and used as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.434009-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7946/63794630/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/76000282.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000282/fa4b079dbb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000282/fa4b079dbb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NorthAndoverMA_KittredgeMansion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NorthAndoverMA_KittredgeMansion.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79000336","name":"North Andover Center Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/north-andover-center-historic-district-79000336/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794630","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittredge_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6418478"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/kittredge-mansion-76000282/"}