Antique Colonial, built 1860 facing private estate property, that is under the care of The Trustees of Reservations. The location of the house ensures that 59 Lowell will always have a broad wooded view across the street. Two staircases, front staircase formal w/ the hand railing stripped to natural wood. Back staircase, to kitchen carpeted w/ berber looped-style carpet in 2008. First floor, oak hardwood floors, two rooms with ceiling fans. The second floor pine plank floors, has a hatch opening to the walk-up attic, above the back staircase. Kitchen floor, linoleum, five burner gas stove. Both new tiled floor baths have been updated. Upstairs bath, Kohler whirlpool bathtub, wide granite topped vanity & over-sized linen closet. Living room and dining room is an open floor design. Most all of the Bulls Eye window & door molding (upstairs and downstairs) has been preserved. Most all the windowpanes are original glass to the period of the house. The two car wide driveway is 80 feet from the main street. The driveway and turnaround space was totally excavated and repaved in 2007. The basement has a cement floor and fieldstone foundation. The basement is the entire footprint of the house minus the home office room. A raised bulkhead foundation was created by the rear walkway in 2008. A metal raised bulkhead was installed to ensure no water leakage from snow or rain. The second floor has a door to a walk-up staircase to the attic. The front entrance porch, was renovated with new concrete supports. Brick steps totally rebuilt to match the original "Soldier" antique brick pattern which was there originally, new columns, mahogany decking and step railings. All exterior trim and wooden shutters were repainted, 2009. October 2010, the entire house and garage roofs were totally stripped and re-roofed with Ice-guard and IKO Architectural Dual Gray Energy Star shingles. Ridge vents were created. March 2013, a HydroTherm steam gas furnace was installed with a programmable water feeder. July 2014, a Ventinox stainless steel, continuous weld construction, chimney liner with lifetime warranty was installed. The exterior brick chimney was taken down to code height, rebuilt with three deco tiers with a new cement crown. Summer 2016 the "L" shaped north side of the house was renovated. The first floor roof (over the office and the first floor bathroom) and second floor walls were stripped. Contractors removed all existing siding down to wall sheathing and roofing material down to roof sheathing. Three existing windows were removed and three Harvey Majesty new construction double hung windows were installed. Low/E argon gas insulated glass package. MA Energy Star rated. The antique interior bulls eye trim was set aside to be trimmed for the slightly different sized windows. Roof and wall work done: Install all new white aluminum perimeter metal. Install PolyGlass SBS low slope self-adhering base sheet to entire area. Install 3/8” GreenGuard insulation board to entire areas. All seams were taped. Install new Mastic and Certainteed vinyl clapboard siding to match existing siding. 2017, new gas line installed from street (Canterbury Street) and meter installed on the exterior of the house. Gas piping from Lowell Street removed and sealed. Neighborhood Description The house faces trees and pines which is the rear of the William Wood estate property, never to be sold or developed. William Wood built the Shawsheen American Woolen Company mills. The house is considered part of the Shawsheen Historical District. The Woods property is part of the Trustees of the Reservations. The area has sidewalks. It is a 4 minute walk to the intersection of Rt. 133 and Rt. 28 from the house. A private commuter bus stops at the intersection into Boston. Two miles from the commuter rail station, 3/4 mile from Rt. 495, 2 miles from Rt. 93.
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