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Northshore October 2025
A 17th-century New England home has had many lives and many owners by the time it reaches our modern day, “transforming throughout the years to fit different purposes,” says builder Mark Ratte of Ratte Construction. Built in the late 1600s or early 1700s, this Andover home began as “The Abbot Tavern,” which “found its place in history and local legend when George Washington stopped Nov. 5, 1789,” according to records from the Andover Historic Preservation. Later, home to a “druggist,” a cabinet maker, and a Salem merchant, the house was purchased in 2002 by its current owners, who lived abroad a
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