Location Andover, Massachusetts MPS Town of Andover MRA Opened 1850 Added to NRHP 10 June 1982 | Built 1850 NRHP Reference # 82004802 Area 4,452 m² | |
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Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Haggetts Pond, Robert S Peabody Museum, Wellfleet Drive‑In Theater, Addison Gallery of American, Andover Town Hall | ||
The Rogers–Downing House is a historic house at 269 Highland Road in Andover, Massachusetts. It was built between 1848 and 1852 as the country house for Benjamin Rogers, a wealthy Boston businessman. After Rogers sold it in 1870, it went through a succession of owners before coming into the hands of John Downing, who established a dairy farm and orchard on the estate. Their family retained the house until 1968. The house is an unusual example of a Gothic Revival summer house. Its shape is that of an H, with two 2.5 story wings connected by a 1.5 story connecting section. The gable ends of the side wings face the street, as do two gable dormers on the cross section. These are decorated with bargeboard trim, a typical Gothic Revival detail. The house sits prominently on a rise above Highland Road.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.