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The Lincolnshire
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| Location: | Andover, Massachusetts |
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| Built: | 1897 |
| Architect: | Possibly George S. Adams |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | Private (Donald & Barbara Richmond) |
| MPS: | Town of Andover MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
82004804 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 10, 1982 |
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The Lincolnshire a grand mansion at 22 Hidden Rd. and 28 Hidden Way in Andover, Massachusetts was built between 1897 and 1898 for Henry Bradford Lewis (1868-1951), who made a considerable fortune from his scouring mills in Lawrence. Lewis was in charge of the three mills of the E. Frank Lewis Co. and the American Lanolin Co., which employed 500 persons at their peak. The manufacturer spared no expense -- or whimsey -- in creating and furnishing this estate. George S. Adams, who designed a similar Queen Anne/Colonial Revival mansion for Lewis' father in Lawrence, may also have designed the son's house. At his death in 1951 Lewis left $80,750 in real estate (including this house and its greenhouse at $35,000 and No. 17 Hidden Rd, bought for his daughter) and more than $97,000 in personal estate, most of which was left to his wife Lillian. As Lewis anticipated, the house was too large to be maintained for only one occupant, and the building was sold in 1953 to C. Lincoln Giles, and converted into apartments. The carriage house is now a single-family residence.
The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places because it is distinguished:
The Colonial Revival style structure is characteristically voluminous with such classical motifs as Palladian and oculus windows, but it also retains a Queen Anne playfulness. Small, unexpected features as large as the cross-gambrel pavilions and as small as an oriel window in an exterior chimney give a cheerful picturesqueness to the imposing mass. The original, Colonial Revival carriage house at the rear is similarly large in scale, with wood shingles and a large gambrel roof that complements the main house. [2]
Essex Country Registry of Deeds, Lawrence & Salem (1130/205; 1075/56; 780/315; 770/532; 770/534; 154/483; Probate Docket No. 233195)
Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, 1932, ed. by Walter Humphreys, Vol. LXII. Boston, MA, Murray Printing co., 1932.
History of Massachusetts Industries, Orra L. Stone, Vol III. boston, MA, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1930
Lawrence Up to Date, 1845-1895. Lawrence, MA: Rushforth & Donoghue, 1895.
Andover Townsman, "Obituary: H. Bradford Lewis, industrialist, Dies." January 25, 1951.
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