Capt. Timothy Johnson House

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Capt. Timothy Johnson House
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Location18 Stevens Street,
North Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°41′55″N71°6′41″W / 42.69861°N 71.11139°W / 42.69861; -71.11139 Coordinates: 42°41′55″N71°6′41″W / 42.69861°N 71.11139°W / 42.69861; -71.11139
Builtc. 1720
Architectural styleColonial
MPS First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No. 90000249 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The Capt. Timothy Johnson House is a historic late First Period house in North Andover, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame gambrel-roofed house was built ca. 1720 by Timothy Johnson, a leading Andover resident who led Massachusetts troops in the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg. The building has a wealth of well-preserved first and second period Georgian detailing. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990., [1] and is currently occupied.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Capt. Timothy Johnson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-21.