Andover National Bank

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Andover National Bank
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Andover National Bank Building
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Location Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°39′20″N71°8′26″W / 42.65556°N 71.14056°W / 42.65556; -71.14056
Built1890
Architect Hartwell and Richardson; Hardy & Cole
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Town of Andover MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001907 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1982
Share of the Andover National Bank, issued 29 March 1910 Andober National Bank 1910.jpg
Share of the Andover National Bank, issued 29 March 1910

The Andover National Bank building is a historic bank building at 23 Main Street in Andover, Massachusetts. The brick Romanesque Revival building occupies a prominent place in Andover center, opposite the town hall. It was designed by Hartwell and Richardson and built by the local firm of Hardy and Cole. It was completed in 1890. Its first tenants, in addition to the bank, were the Andover Savings Bank, local offices of the Merrimack Fire Insurance Company, and the local Masonic lodge. [2]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Andovert National Bank". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-25.

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