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Tavern Acres Historic District

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intersection of these two streets and Davis Street, in which the Stevents Library stands. The Davis Street stretch is functionally part of the library's parking area. South of the library, across Davis Street, stands Memorial Park, a five-sided grassy area about 2.75 acres (1.11 ha) in size. At its northern end, near the library, is the Patriots Monument, which honors North Andover's military personnel.
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are included in the district. These houses are general 2-1/2 story wood frame structures, in Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, and Craftsman styles. Fourteen of the properties include garages as part of the original plan, which are considered contributing elements to the district. The houses and properties are organized to have a certain degree of uniformity in setting and scale.
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landscape firm to lay out the master plan. The Tavern Land Company, formed by the heirs to manage this development, contracted with Charles R. Waite of E. M. Parsons to design most of the houses that it built before the company dissolved in 1924. Only twenty houses were built by the partnership and
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Bradstreet Road defines the southern boundary of Memorial Park. Ringing the north, east, and south sides of the park, and extending east along Bradstreet Road are a collection of houses that were all built as part of the initial Tavern Acres development. This development had its origin in a series
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The Tavern Acres development is set in a suburban residential area of northern North Andover. Main Street, the eastern boundary is a major north-south road, and Green Street is a collector road running through the residential area. The northernmost part of the district is the triangular
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encompasses a residential development known as Tavern Acres, which was built in the 1920s with a landscape design by
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landscape design firm. It is bounded by Bradstreet Rd., Green and Main Sts. and Park Way in
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Tavern Acres Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Tavern Acres Historic District is located in the United States
North Andover, Massachusetts
42°41′42″N 71°7′34″W / 42.69500°N 71.12611°W / 42.69500; -71.12611
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Henry Vincent Hubbard
Olmsted Brothers
North Andover, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Moses Tyler Stevens
Olmsted Brothers
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts


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