Osgood Hill

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Osgood Hill
Location North Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′35″N 71°6′45″W / 42.70972°N 71.11250°W / 42.70972; -71.11250Coordinates: 42°42′35″N 71°6′45″W / 42.70972°N 71.11250°W / 42.70972; -71.11250
Built 1884
Architect Hartwell and Richardson; Bowditch, Ernest W.
Architectural style Romanesque, Shingle Style
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 99000135[1]
Added to NRHP February 5, 1999

Osgood Hill is a historic site at 709 and 723 Osgood Street in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1] Also known as the Stevens Estate after its first owner, Moses Tyler Stevens, it is owned by the town and operated as a conference center.[2] The property was developed by Stevens between 1884 and 1886, with architect William Cummings Richardson designing the estate house and several outbuildings. Richardson (no relation to H. H. Richardson) emulated the Romanesque Revival style popularized by the other Richardson. The property has twice been saved from demolition: in 1951 the property was donated to Boston University by the Stevens heirs to avoid that fate, and the town purchased the property in 1995 when the university planned to sell it for development as house lots.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  2. "The Stevens Estate". Town of North Andover. Retrieved 2012-01-11. 
  3. "MACRIS inventory record for Osgood Hill". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-21. 
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