North Andover Center Historic District

North Andover's old town center is a district of about seventy buildings gathered around a triangular common and the streets that converge on it. Once the heart of a farming community, it is mostly residential, with open land between the buildings. Seven early 19th century Federal houses line two sides of the common, and the district also includes Georgian, Greek Revival, Italianate, Mansard and Carpenter Gothic examples. The earliest building is the Parson Barnard House of 1715. Other landmarks include the Georgian Phillips Mansion of 1752, the Kittredge Mansion of 1784, the Brick Store of 1829, and the Carpenter Gothic North Parish Church of 1833, designed by Richard Bond of Boston. Two burying grounds hold fine 18th century stone carving. A statue of Phillips Brooks, who wrote the words to "O Little Town of Bethlehem," stands nearby. A row of late 19th century worker housing on Stevens Street was built for a woolen mill. Together the buildings show three centuries of the town's growth.