Elizabeth Durfee Hengen, The Lowell Neighborhoods (Lowell Historic Preservation Commission / DPD, 1981)
- Date
- 1981
- Type
- book
- Repository
- UMass Lowell Center for Lowell History (digitised)
- Access
- Public; digitised copy on archive.org. Open online
"In 1883, Abel Atherton, a local businessman, erected 236 Fairmount Street … Lowell’s only Chateauesque residence"; notes the estate’s carriage house with its "soaring conical slate roof".
Statements this record supports
- C-002 — The original owner/builder was Abel T. Atherton of Lowell.
- C-006 — Architectural style: Chateauesque (eclectic), 'the most elaborate Chateauesque building in the city'; rock-faced ashlar walls; porte-cochere, stained-glass transoms, ornamental sandstone panels; oak interior; Minton tile floors and fireplaces.
- C-028 — The estate's carriage house — the 'Stable for Mr A. T. Atherton' by Merrill & Cutler published in June 1883 — stands northeast of the house and is today a separate private residence at 222 Fairmount Street (NRHP nomination 1995: 'Arthur Bonney Estate Carriage House, 222 Fairmount St., 1883', contributing).