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Hoyt-Shedd Estate
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Hoyt-Shedd Estate
386 & 396 Andover Street
569 & 579 East Merrimack Street
1874 and ca. 1884
National Register of Historic Places (5/17/1984)
The Hoyt-Shedd Estate consists of two late 19th century residences and their rear carriage houses. The two main houses along Andover Street were built as identical Stick style residences with Queen Anne style porch trim added in the 1880s. Both houses include a tremendous variety of ornamental millwork. The two Queen Anne style carriage houses fronting East Merrimack Street were built in 1884 and are mirror images of each other.
The builders, E.W. Hoyt and F.B. Shedd, were close friends as well as business partners. Their company produced the internationally acclaimed Hoyt’s German Cologne. Besides their cologne business, Hoyt and Shedd also undertook major real estate development projects including the subdivision of the immense Rogers Farm in Belvidere, today the Rogers Fort Hill Park Historic District. In 1912, Shedd donated the 56 acre Shedd Playground to the City.
The buildings are also within the Andover Street Historic District which was listed on the National Register in 2000.
As you explore Lowell's historic places, please note that many are privately owned. Please respect the rights of property owners by not trespassing and remaining on public property as you view the community's many historic resources.
