{"nrhp_refnum":"82004814","name":"Abbot, J. T., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34 Essex St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Andover","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.65637854900007,"lon":-71.14297480799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Gothic Revival cottage at 34 Essex Street in Andover, Massachusetts, built between 1844 and 1850 for Joseph Thompson Abbot by Jacob Chickering.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of Andover's Gothic Revival architecture, with some of the town's most lively ornamentation in that style. It is also notable as the work of Jacob Chickering, described as Andover's leading architectural designer of the mid-19th century. The property retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship and setting.","narrative":"Built between 1844 and 1850 at 34 Essex Street in Andover, this small Gothic Revival cottage was made for Joseph Thompson Abbot by Jacob Chickering, who bought the undeveloped lot in 1844 and sold it with a dwelling by 1850. The house is 1½ stories with a gable roof, three cross gables on the side, clapboard walls, and scroll-sawn bargeboards on the main and cross gables. Other details include a lancet gable window, drip moldings over six-over-six windows, a polygonal bay window with wooden cresting, and an offset doorway under a small portico with clustered pilasters. The nomination describes it as containing some of Andover's most lively ornamentation in the style, and the portico as unrepeated in the town. Chickering is identified as the town's leading mid-19th-century architectural designer. Abbot's wife, Betsey Kershaw Abbot, kept the house in the family until her death in 1900. The house retains its integrity and is still residential.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jacob Chickering","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential, the same as its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.898089-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7898/63789887/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/82004814.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004814/fe75187935-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004814/fe75187935-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._T._Abbot_House,_Andover_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._T._Abbot_House,_Andover_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Abbot_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/abbot-j-t-house-82004814/"}