The Benjamin Jenkins House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts. It was built in about 1807 for Colonel Benjamin Jenkins on family-owned land. The substantial and elegant Federal style house was a stop on the road between Salem and Andover, and remained in the family into the 20th century. One of its owners, William S. Jenkins, was a local builder of note in the second half of the 19th century, built the large ell of the house in 1849.[2] In 1982, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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| Location | 362 Salem Street, Andover, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°37′24″N 71°5′39″W / 42.62333°N 71.09417°W |
| Built | 1807 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Town of Andover MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004818[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1982 |
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Benjamin Jenkins House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-26.