{"nrhp_refnum":"82000475","name":"Academy Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"MA 28","address_restricted":false,"city":"Andover","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.646686000000045,"lon":-71.1355006145825,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Andover, Massachusetts, covering about 230 acres and 132 properties on Academy Hill. It holds the campuses of Phillips Academy, Abbot Academy and the Andover Theological Seminary, with buildings dating from about 1808 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The three schools were influential in American education and in the development of Andover. The district has a full range of building types and styles, including a concentration of Andover's best Federal period architecture. It is tied to prominent educators, graduates and architects such as Charles Bulfinch, Guy Lowell, Charles Platt and McKim, Mead & White. It retains integrity of design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Academy Hill in Andover, Massachusetts, is a campus district of about 230 acres and 132 properties, home to Phillips Academy, Abbot Academy and the Andover Theological Seminary. Phillips Academy dates from 1778, the Seminary from 1807 and Abbot Academy from 1829. The buildings show a blend of styles across two centuries, from the Federal-style Seminary halls of 1808 to 1820 to the Georgian Revival and Neo-Georgian work of the early twentieth century. Architects who shaped the area include Charles Bulfinch, Guy Lowell, Charles Platt and McKim, Mead & White. Two major building periods occurred, around 1810 to 1835 and around 1900 to 1935. Notable residents included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Samuel F. B. Morse, and Samuel F. Smith wrote \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\" while a student here. The district was listed for its educational influence, its notable people and its architecture, and it retains its original design, materials and workmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles Bulfinch (influence), Guy Lowell, Charles A. Platt, Hartwell and Richardson, McKim, Mead & White","architectural_style":"Federal through Colonial Revival; also Georgian, Victorian, Georgian Revival, Neo-Georgian, Romanesque and modern","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Area described as in excellent condition, privately owned and in institutional use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.737303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7902/63790256/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82000475.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000475/35e71a12fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000475/35e71a12fd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phillips_Academy,_Andover,_MA_-_Memorial_Bell_Tower.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phillips_Academy,_Andover,_MA_-_Memorial_Bell_Tower.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Hill_Historic_District_(Andover,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4671363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/academy-hill-historic-district-82000475/"}