Parson Barnard House
| Parson Barnard House | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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| location | North Andover , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 41 '22.6 " N , 71 ° 7' 1.6" W | ||
| Built | 1715 | ||
| Architectural style | First Period , Georgian | ||
| NRHP number | 74000918 | ||
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| The NRHP added | September 6, 1974 | ||
| Declared as CP | March 5th 1979 | ||
The Parson Barnard House is a 1715-built historic building of the First Period in North Andover , Massachusetts . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in September 1974 and has been a Contributing Property of the North Andover Center Historic District since 1979 . It is considered a landmark of the place and is open to the public.
history
Thomas Barnard, pastor of North Parish Church of North Andover, bought the land in 1714 and built the residential building on it. When he died in 1718, he bequeathed the house to his son John Barnard, who was pastor of North Parish Church from 1719 and lived in the house until his death. After his death in 1757, another parish priest, William Symmes, moved into it. Under the direction of Symmes' second wife, the first additions and renovations were made to the building. The merchant John Norris from Salem bought the house in 1808 and used it as a summer and guest house. In 1818 the property was sold to the Rutland school principal Simeon Putnam , who came to North Andover as a teacher at Franklin Academy. In 1831 the building was sold to William Lovett of Beverly , and in 1834 the author and teacher Sarah Loring Bailey was born in the house.
The North Andover Historical Society bought the house in 1950. At that time the building was known as Bradstreet House (see Legends section ). The company renovated the building, researched its history and set up a museum. In 1957, the work was completed and the property was opened to the public.
On September 5, 2015, the North Andover Historical Society held a 300th anniversary celebration at Parson Barnard House, attended by Massachusetts State Representatives and delivered official greetings.
Legends
The author Abiel Abbot published his History Of Andover in 1829 . In it he described that the property was built as early as the late 1660s. The builders were, according to Abbot, Simon Bradstreet (1603-1697), politician and later governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and his wife Anne (1612-1672), who had lost their previous house in a fire in 1666. Sarah Loring Bailey's Historical Sketches of Andover , published in 1880, repeated and confirmed this story. This earned the building the name Bradstreet House , which lasted until the North Andover Historical Society researched history in the 1950s.
Sarah Loring Bailey also reported in her book that Colonel Dudley Bradstreet (1647–1706), a son of Simon Bradstreet, also lived in the house. Dudley fought the witch craze that rose in Andover and the surrounding area at the end of the 17th century. Dudley and his family are also said to have been driven out of their homes during a snowstorm by "forty savages" and forced to watch their neighbors' homes burn down.
Abiel Abbots and Sarah Loring Bailey's statements regarding the Bradstreet family and the house were contradicted by research by the North Andover Historical Society in the 1950s. All that has been proven is that Dudley Bradstreet and his wife really lived in North Andover and fought against the witch craze. You were among the signatories of a petition to end the Salem witch trials . There is also historical evidence that Bradstreet was a previous owner of the property on which Thomas Barnard built the building.
Others
Since 2002, Parson Barnard House has been part of the 17th Century Saturdays , a cultural and tourism initiative that illustrates the history of European settlement in America in the 17th and 18th centuries on a 14- stop tour in Essex County .
See also
Web links
- National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service , accessed February 19, 2016 .
- Parson Barnard House (1715). Essex National Heritage Area. Retrieved February 22, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry North Andover Center Historic District in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 21, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e The Parson Barnard House. (No longer available online.) The North Andover Historical Society, 2015, archived from the original on February 22, 2016 ; accessed on February 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Garrin Marchetti: Town throws a party for Parson Barnard House. In: The Eagle-Tribune, September 18, 2015 issue.
- ↑ Col Dudley Bradstreet. Find a Grave , accessed February 22, 2016 .
- ↑ 17th Century Saturdays. (PDF; 457KB) (No longer available online.) North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2014, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved February 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
