Hoyt-Shedd Estate

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Hoyt-Shedd Estate
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Location Lowell, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°38′35″N71°17′28″W / 42.64306°N 71.29111°W / 42.64306; -71.29111
Built1873
ArchitectWilkins, Mr.; Stickney, Frederick
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
Part of Andover Street Historic District (ID00000568)
NRHP reference No. 84002697 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1984
Designated CPJune 2, 2000

The Hoyt-Shedd Estate is a historic residential estate at 386-396 Andover Street and 569-579 East Merrimack Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. The houses at 386 and 396 Andover Street are large Stick style mansions, built about the same time (c. 1873) and designed by the same architect. They were built for the friends and business partners E. W. Hoyt and F. B. Shedd. Together they made a fortune selling perfume and related products. [2]

The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984, [1] and was included in the Andover Street Historic District on June 2, 2000. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for E. W. Hoyt House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 1, 2014.