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REV. GEORGE PIERCE. 1878-1881.
REV. H. H. LEAVITT. 1882-1893. REV. HENRY E. BARNES, D. D. 1893-
First church building at the Centre erected 1834; the second, at present location, Machine shop village, 1865. Parsonage presented to the society by Hon. George L. Davis, 1873.
CHRIST CHURCH, ANDOVER
Organized August 6, 1835.
REV. SAMUEL FULLER, D. D. 1837-1843. REV. GEORGE PACKARD, D. D. (Minister). 1843-1845. REV. HENRY WATERMAN. 1845-1849. REV. SAMUEL FULLER, D. D. 1849-1859. REV. BENJAMIN B. BABBITT. 1860-1868. REV. JAMES THOMSON. 1869-1874. REV. MALCOLM DOUGLAS, D. D. 1875-1884.
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REV. LEVERETT BRADLEY. 1884-1888.
REV. FREDERIC PALMER. 1888-
Church erected 1837; burned 1886; rebuilt 1886 by Mr. John Byers “in memory of his parents and brother." Rectory erected and given by Mr. Abraham Marland and family in 1845.
FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Organized May 7, 1846.
REV. ELIJAH C. WINCHESTER. 1846-1848. REV. SHERLOCK BRISTOL. 1848-1849.
REV. WILLIAM B. BROWN. 1850-1855. REV. CALEB FISHER. 1855-1859.
REV. STEPHEN C. LEONARD. 1859-1865. REV. JAMES P. LANE. 1866-1870.
REV. EDWARD S. WILLIAMS. 1870-1872.
REV. GEORGE F. WRIGHT. 1872-18SI.
REV. FRANK BARROWS MAKEPEACE. 1881-1888.
REV. FREDERIC A. WILSON. 1889-
Church building (formerly the Methodist Episcopal church located on Main Street, near Morton) removed to present location 1850 by John Smith who pre- sented it with other property to the church in I859. Parsonage built 1855.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH
Andover Mission commenced by Rev. Fatber O'Donnell, 1850.
REV. MICHAEL GALLAGHER, O. S. A. 1862-1869. REV. AMBROSE A. MULLEN, O. S. A. 1869-1876. REV. MAURICE J. MURPHY, O. S. A. 1876-1880. REV. J. J. RYAN, O. S. A. 1880-1894. REV. THOMAS A. FIELD, O. S. A. 1894-
Church on Central Street, 1852; Essex Street, 1879; burned 1894; rebuilt 1895. Rectory purchased 1870; removed to site of burned church, 1895. The church in Ballardvale was built in 1876, and that of Wilmington in 1880, both of which are mission churches attended from Andover.
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All of the above churches responded to the request for pictures of pastors an ! buildings so far as was possible. Other churches in Andover are or were: Church of the Theological Seminary, established 1816; reorganized, 1865. This church has as pastors the Professors of the Seminary.
Methodist Episcopal Church, organized 1829; disbanded 1841.
Baptist Church, organized Oct. 3, 1832.
Universalist Society, organized Nov. 15, 1837. Church built 1838. Services were continued until 1865. In 1879 they were renewed for a short time.
Methodist Episcopal Church (North Andover) organized 1845. Emanuel Church (Ballardvale) 1846-1849; discontinued.
Union Congregational Church, Ballardvale; organized 1850.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Ballardvale; organized 1850.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
ABBOTT, Family of Albert
ABBOTT, Family of Alfred A.
ABBOTT, Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. (Frances Whipple)
ABBOTT, Miss Charlotte Helen
ABBOT, Miss Charlotte S.
ABBOTT, Miss Ellen J.
ABBOTT, Mrs. Charles M. (Emily Chickering)
ABBOT, Ezra Lincoln
ABBOT, George, Malden
ABBOTT, George T.
ABBOTT, Mrs. James Alfred (Mary E. Jones)
ABBOTT, Mr. and Mrs. John B. (Dorcas C. Woodbridge) ABBOT, John Lovejoy
ABBOTT, Joseph
ABBOTT, Mrs. J. Thompson (Betsey Kershaw)
ABBOTT, Mrs. Moses (Tryphenia Bowman)
ABBOTT, Mrs. Moses B. (Susan E. Dowding)
ABBOTT, Mrs. Nathan B. (Elizabeth L. Noyes) ABBOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan F. (Margaret Smith)
ABBOTT, Mrs. Sereno T. (Sarah French)
ABBOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. (Elizabeth Riley) ABBOT, William
ANDREWS, M. Christopher
BAILEY, Hollis R., Cambridge
BAILEY, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. (Elizabeth B. Abbott) BAKER, Mr. and Mrs. George F. (Charlotte Blanchard)
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BALLARD, Miss Mary A. BALDWIN, Mrs. Curtis M. (Josephine Harding) BANCROFT, Rev. C. F. P. BARNARD, Mrs. Henry W. (Mabel Paradise) BARNARD, Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren (Eliza Foster) BARTLETT, Gen. William F. Post G. A. R. BARTLETT, Mrs. Nathaniel J. (Ellen M. Higgins) BEAN, John M. BERRY, Mrs. J. Warren (Anna J. Clement) BLANCHARD, Amos
BLUNT, Mrs. Charles C. (Lucy Josephine Holt)
BLUNT, Miss Lois M., North Andover. BODWELL, Mrs. Henry A. (Emma A. Kimball) BOUTWELL, Samuel H.
BOYNTON, Henry BROOKS, William Gray, Boston.
BROWN, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin (Susan Burr)
BROWN, Mr. and Mrs. George T. (Hannah M. Flint) Malden.
BROWNELL, Mrs. Henry (Kate C. Meader)
BUCK, Miss Alice BURRILL, Miss Lucy BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. James P. (Elizabeth B. Jenkins)
BUTTERFIELD, Charles, North Andover.
BURTT, Miss Angelina BYERS, Mrs. John (Esther H. Smith) CALDWELL, Albert W.
CALDWELL, George R.
CALLAHAN, Mrs. Robert (Mary A. Loring)
CARPENTER, Rev. Charles C. CARRUTH, Mrs. Isaac S. (Nellie Richardson)
CARRUTH, Miss Minnie S.
CARTER, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. (Sarah N. McLawlin) CARTER, Miss Emily CHANDLER, Miss Ada B. CHANDLER, Miss Frances E.
CHANDLER, Miss Laura M.
CHANDLER, Mr. and Mrs. George W. (Sarah Jane Faulkner)
CHEEVER, Miss Sarah S .*
CHICKERING, Family of Jacob CHICKERING, Otis CLARKE, Mr. and Mrs. Amasa (Frances Sturtevant) CLOUGH, Miss Elizabeth COCHRANE, Mrs. James H. (Sarah Town) COGSWELL, Thomas M., Lawrence. CUMMINGS, Mrs. Brainerd (Sarah Holt) CUMMINGS, Charles O.
* Deceased.
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CUMMINGS, Mrs. Daniel (Hannah A. Holt) DALE, William J., M. D.
DALE, Hon. William J., Jr .* DANE, George
DAVIS, Mrs. William W. (Abby R. Worthley)
DAVIS, Mrs. Warren (Mary A. Spofford)
DEAN Mrs. John H. (Caroline L. Clement)
DEMERIT, Miss Ellen, Lawrence.
DOWNS, Mrs. Samuel M. (Annie Sawyer)
DOVE, George W. W.
DRAPER, Warren F.
EAMES, Mr. and Mrs. Plato (Elizabeth M. Valpey) EAMES, Mr. and Mrs. L. Holmes (Ellen Eames) EATON, George T.
ELLIOT, Mrs. John P. (Anna Kittredge) ELLIS, Miss Ellen G.
EMERSON, Mrs. Hovey (Ruth Hatch)
FIELD, Rev. Thomas A., O. S. A.
FINDLEY, Mrs. William F. (Laura Bean)
FLINT, Miss Emily E., Malden
FLINT, Miss Gertrude L.
FLINT, George E.
FLINT, Mr. and Mrs. John H. (Frances A. Tyer) FLINT, Miss Nellie F.
FLINT, Mrs. N. Farrington (Hannah A. Harding) FOLANSBEE, Paul B.
FOSTER, Francis Homer
FOSTER, Frank M.
FOSTER, George W., Esq. FOSTER, Mrs. Moses (Caroline Hall)
FOSTER, Mrs. William H. (Rhoda J. Luscomb)
FRENCH, Miss Lucy A.
FRYE, Charles H. GIDDINGS, Miss H. Elizabeth
GLEASON, Mrs. Frank E. (Mary E. Blood)
GOLDSMITH, Miss Bessie P.
GOLDSMITH, George
GOLDSMITH, Mr. and Mrs. William G. (Joanna B. Holt) GOULD, George GRAY, Miss Margaret E. GRAY, Mrs. David (Sophronia Abbot) GREEN, Edward, North Andover GUNNISON, Miss Abiah GUNNISON, Miss Jane GUTTERSON, Mrs. Myron E. (Annie Elizabeth Tyler) HAYWARD, Henry A.
* Deceased
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HIDDEN, David I. C .* HIGGINS, Frank P. HIGGINS, Mrs. Henry C. (Eliza Abbott) HINCKS, Miss Annie Perry HOLT, Charles C .* HOLT, Mr. and Mrs. E. Francis (Parthenia P. Boutwell) HOLT, George F. HOLT, John M. HOLT, Jonathan E. HOWARD, Lewis T., Boston HOWARD, Timothy HOWELL, Mrs. John (Mary Jane Allen) HUNKINS, Mrs. Frank (Maria Wardwell), Haverhill HUNT, James W. JACKSON, William T. JAQUITH, Mrs. Newton (Laura A. Greene) JENKINS, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kendall (Nancy Jenkins)
JENKINS, Mrs. Ebenezer (Sally Russell)* JENKINS, John B. JENKINS, Mr. and Mrs. William S. (Rebecca F. Farnum) JOHNSON, James Edward JOHNSON, Mrs. Samuel K. (Lucy A. Sargent) JONES, Samuel M. KIMBALL, Mrs. Walter H. (Mary E. Gage) KITTREDGE, Miss Hannah
KITTREDGE, Miss Sarah KNOWLES, Mrs. Winslow L. (Henrietta Cheever) LADD, Mrs. John W. (Eliza D. Wardwell) LEWIS, Mrs. H. Bradford (Laura M. Hewins) LINCOLN, Miss Emma J. LORING, Mrs. John R. (Sarah M. Barker) LOWE, Mrs. Albert W. (Mabel F. Smith) MANNING, Albert S. MARLAND, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham (Elizabeth C. Lord)
MARLAND, Charles H.
MARLAND, George Abbott MARLAND, Harold Webb
MARLAND, Miss Helen
MARLAND, Miss Lucretia D., Chicago, Ill.
MARLAND, Mr. and Mrs. William (Salome Jane Abbott) MARLAND, Mrs. William S. (Sarah Northey) MCKEEN, Miss Philena MERRILL, Mrs. James H. (Lucia Wadsworth Griswold) MERRILL, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Selah (Adelaide Brewster Taylor) MERRIMACK MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY MORRILL, Miss Mary E.
*Deceased.
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NEWMAN, Charles H. NICHOLS, Mrs. John, Lawrence
NORCROSS, Mrs. O. N. ( Sibley) Worcester, Mass.
OSGOOD, Mrs. Isaac F. (Lora M. White) PALMER, Rev. Frederic
North Andover
PARK, Miss Agnes PARK, Rev. Edwards A., D.D., LL.D.
PARKER, Miss Florence A.
PARKER, George A. PASHO, Mrs. Henry F. (Frances A. Richardson)* POOR, P. Edward, Lawrence POOR, Mr. and Mrs. George H. (Sarah Helen Marland)
POOR, Mrs. Jonathan (Catherine Marston)
REA, Mrs. Jasper (Lucy Woodcock)
REED, Mrs. Edwin (Emily P. Fellows) RICHARDS, Mrs. Thomas (Mary Ann Stanley) RICHARDSON, Miss Abbie A.
RICHARDSON, Mrs. Darius (Julia A. Farnum)
RICHARDSON, Miss Hannah Maria
RICHARDSON, Mrs. Wesley (Lucy A. Russell)
RIPLEY, Mr. and Mrs. George (Mary E. Aiken)
ROBERTS, Miss Mary Kate
ROBINSON, Mrs. Addison M. (Clara Chandler) ROGERS, Miss Alice ROPES, Rev. William L.
RUSSELL, Mr. and Mrs. Henry (Ida Gould)
RUSSELL, Miss Martha A.
SANBORN, Miss C. H. Ada
SANBORN, Miss Emma M. E., M.D.
SEARS, Mrs. John C. (Susan M. Johnson)
SHATTUCK, Joseph, Lawrence
SHAW, Mrs. David (Lucy Hayward)
SHELDON, Mrs. Luther H. (Sarah H. Flagg) SHIPMAN, Rev. Frank R.
SMITH HALL, Abbot Academy
SMITH, Mrs. B. Frank (Ella S. Jenkins)
SMITH, Mrs. J. H. D. (Anne Eliza Stevens) SMITH, John L.
SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. (Fannie S. Donald) SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. (Abby J. Chandler) SMITH, Mrs. Thomas (Laura F. Russell) STEVENS, Mrs. Horace N. (Anna M. Phipps) STEVENS, John STEVENS, Miss Mary O.
STEVENS, Mr. and Mrs. Moses T. (Charlotte E. Osgood) STEVENS, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel (Elizabeth Priscilla White) ·Deceased.
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STEVENS, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. (Lucy Amelia Abbot.)
SWIFT, Family of Nathaniel
TAYLOR, Prof. John Phelps THOMSON, Mrs. T. Dennie (Abby C. Locke)
TILTON, Mrs. James S. (Rebecca A. Hobbs)
TOWLE, Dr. Nathaniel C. TRUSTEES of Abbot Academy
TRUSTEES of J. P. Bradlee Estate
TRUSTEES of Phillips Academy
TRUSTEES of Punchard Free School.
TYER, Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. (Catherine S. Buss)
UPTON, Augustus A.
UPTON, Miss M. Lizzie
VALPEY, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra A. (May Adelaide Mayberry)
WARD, Mrs. Herbert D. (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
WARDWELL, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. (Hannah E. Wells)
WARDWELL, Miss Octavia S .*
WARDWELL, William H .* Brookline, Mass.
WHIPPLE, Mrs. Ashley C. (Frances A. Hoyt) WHITE, Mrs. Burnham S. (Mary Sawyer)*
WHITE, Charles L. WILSON, Rev. Frederic A.
WITHAM, John B.
WORTHLEY, Miss Phebe M.
*Deceased.
LIST OF HOUSES AND SITES REPORTED TO THE SUB- COMMITTEE ON LOAN COLLECTION AND HISTORIC SITES.
Homestead of 1George Abbot, the emigrant, occupied by eight lineal generations of the family. The "old red house" demolished in 1862. The original garrison house stood in the enclosure at the rear. (Central Street; owned by John H. Abbot)
Homestead of 'George Abbot, settled about 1678; residence of his descendants to the seventh generation. Present house about one hundred and sixty years old. (John Lovejoy Abbot's and N. J. Bartlett's, Central Street.)
The James Abbot house. 2Benjamin Abbot settled here in 1686 ; homestead in possession of seven generations of the family. On this estate is the famous " Indian Ridge," studied in the first half of this century by Sir Charles Lyell and President Hitchcock; used in 1835 by the students for an abolition meeting when churches and schools were closed to them ; and again the scene of geological researches by Prof. George F. Wright, D. D., in 1875. (Timothy Abbot's, Mineral Street, near railroad bridge.)
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Garrison house and homestead of 2Timothy Abbot (the boy who was captured by the Indians) and his descendants to the eighth generation, from 1690. (Samuel H. Bailey's, off South Main Street.)
Homestead of "Thomas Abbot, settled in 1697. Owned by Dr. Symonds Baker and descendants from 1797. (George F. Baker's, off Mineral Street.)
One of the oldest houses in the village; the residence for many years, from 1796, of Squire John Kneeland, a surviving patriot of the Revolution, who made the ad- dress of welcome to Lafayette in 1825. (Mrs. Sarah N. Marland's, Chestnut Street, corner Central.)
An old Abbot house. Deeded to Capt. John Lee from Salem in 1779. Hon. Hobart Clark, projector and first president of Boston & Maine Railroad, resided here forty years. (Plato Eames's, Elm Street.)
Deacon 'Isaac Abbot's tavern. Said to be over two hundred years old. Wash- ington breakfasted here, Nov. 5, 1789; Miss Priscilla, nineteen years old, mended his gloves and received her reward! First post-office in Andover, 1795. Captain Edward West from Salem resided here early in the century. (Samuel B. Locke's, Elm Street.)
Site of the "ministry house " of Old South Church, built 1710, demolished 1891. Residence for sixty years of Rev. Samuel Phillips, first pastor, 1711-1771; for thirty-six years of Rev. Jonathan French, second pastor, 1772-1809. (Mrs. John Byers's, School Street, corner Central.)
A very old house; formerly stood on the opposite side of the street; sold to William Hawley in 1803. Rev. Dr. William Goodell, the famous missionary, boarded here in 1811. Said by Bellows, the artist, to be the most picturesque house in Andover. (A. M. Davis's, Salem Street.)
Old Foster homestead. Oldest part of present house about one hundred and fifty years old. "Master William Foster " kept a family school for boys here many years. (Central Street; owned by Francis Homer Foster.)
Jacob Osgood house. Birthplace of Rev. David Osgood, D. D., born 1747, died 1822, resident of Medford, Mass. At the south door of this house, James Otis, the patriot, was killed by lightning, May 23, 1783. (Joseph Bourdelais's, Osgood District.)
Old Chandler homestead, with well sweep. (Mrs. Moses Abbott's, South Main Street.)
Residence of Deacon Daniel Poor, built about 1763. Afterwards residence of Francis Cogswell, Esq., and Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry. (George H. Torr's, Central Street, corner Phillips.)
Site of Judge Phillips's first house in South Parish; his residence until 1778 ; then that of Principals Pearson, Pemberton and Newman ; of Dr. Leonard Woods ; part of Harvard College Library brought here in 1775 when this site belonged to the estate of George Abbot, Esq. ; constitution of Phillips Academy written here, 1778 ; first lectures of Theological Seminary delivered here, 1808. Used as " Commons " for several years previous to 1886. (Phillips Street, between Latin dormitories and Farrar House.)
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Site of Lieutenant-Governor Phillips's mansion house, 1782-1802; the " Mansion House " from 1812 to its destruction by fire, 1887. Washington, Lafayette, Jackson, Webster and many other eminent guests were entertained here. (Main Street.)
The " Berry House"; the Blunt tavern in the time of the Revolution; after- wards owned by Ezra Holt. Captain Isaac Blunt brought home the elm tree when a sapling and set it out here about 1790. (Miss Dora S. Berry's, Salem Street.)
Old homestead of Nicholas Holt or his early descendants. In a record dated "ye 8 off Ist month 1673" the words are used "near a highway going up to his house "- an unusual form of expression. Tradition says the house now in existence was that of the first Holt. From Prospect Hill, near by, stood citizens of Andover, June 17, 1775, watching the flames rising from the burning of Charlestown. (Miss Sarah L. Sawyer's, Holt District.)
House used by Major Abbot Walker early in the century. Residence for many years of Rev. Dr. Justin Edwards, third pastor of Old South Church, president of Theological Seminary, temperance reformer and author. (M. Christopher Andrews', Main Street.)
The " Adams House ; " occupied by Dr. Eliphalet Pearson. 1806-1809, and by Principal John Adams, 1810-1833. Built 1805. (Professor Graves's, Salem Street.)
Residence of Professors Murdock, Emerson, Shedd, Smyth ; and in 1824-25 of Oliver Wendell Holmes -" The school boy's chosen home." Built by Mark New- man about 1809. (Professor Smyth's, Main Street.)
The " President's house ; " built by William Bartlet, 1809; residence, successive- ly, of Rev. Dr. Griffin, Rev. Dr. Porter, Rev. Dr. Justin Edwards, Professor Austin Phelps; the birthplace of missionary, education, temperance and tract societies. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps used the small building to the south (formerly a summer house in the garden) as a study. (Professor Moore's, Main Street.)
Residence of Samuel Farrar, treasurer of Phillips Academy for over fifty years; removed here from Main Street. 1881 ; Madame Phoebe Foxcroft Phillips, wife of Judge Phillips, earnest partner in all his philanthrophic work, and after his death one of the founders of the Theological Seminary, died here in 1812. Built 18II.
" Where is the patriarch time could hardly tire, The good old, wrinkled, immemorial Squire ? An honest treasurer, like a hlack-plumed swan, Not every day our eyes may look upon." HOLMES'S PHILLIPS ACADEMY CENTENNIAL POEM. (M. A. Roberts's, Phillips Street.)
Site of the Ser linary commons-house built by Madame Phoebe Phillips and Col. John Phillips, 1809; Nehemiah Abbot and Joshua Emery were the early stewards. Removed to corner of Main and Morton Streets about 1846. (Rear of Phillips Hall, Seminary grounds.)
Residence of Prof. Moses Stuart, "the father of Biblical Science in America," to 1852; afterwards of Professor J. Henry Thayer. Built 1810. (Professor Harris's, Main Street.)
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Residence of Samuel Abbot, Esq., liberal benefactor to the Old South Church and the Theological Seminary, died 1812. Built in the latter part of last century from design of manor house brought from England. Afterwards the residence of Mark Newman, Samuel Lawrence and Hiram W. French. (Mrs. George W. Coburn's, Central Street.)
Residence of Dr. Leonard Woods to 1854; afterwarks of Professors Barrows, Mead, Gulliver; built 1816. (Mrs. Professor Pease's, Main Street.)
The Locke tavern. Built by Major Daniel Cummings, 1818 : kept by James Locke about 1823-1840; St. Matthews Lodge of Masons organized here 1823; meeting of projectors of Abbot Academy, 1828; residence of N. W. Hazen, Esq., for many years. (Albert S. Manning's, Main Street.)
Residence of Deacon Amos Blanchard, first cashier of Andover Bank; built 1819; after his death in 1847 owned by Deacon Edward Taylor until his death in 1893. (Dr. Selah Merrill's, Main Street.)
The " Samaritan House," built by the "Samaritan Society" in 1824; residence of Rev. Dr. Elias Cornelius, 1826-1829; of Principal Osgood Johnson, 1833-1837, afterwards of his widow; of Professor Calvin E. Stowe, 1852-1853. Mrs. Stowe wrote here the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Dr. Bancroft's, Chapel Avenue, corner Bartlet Street.)
The "stone house," built 1828 as a carpenter's shop for use of theological stu- dents; residence of Professor Stowe, 1853-1864; Mrs. Stowe wrote here several of her later works; used for several years as a Seminary boarding-house ; the "Mansion House " from 1887. (E. P. Hitchcock's, Chapel Avenue.)
"America house." In the northeast front room of this house in February, 1832, Samuel F. Smith, a student in the Theological Seminary, wrote "America."
" My country ! 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing !"
(Mrs. Samuel W. Blunt's, Main Street.)
Double brick house built 1829; residence of Prof. Edward Robinson and of Dr. Samuel H. Taylor, 1837-1871. (W. R. Newton and Mrs. C. W. Tarbox, Main Street.) Brick house, built 1833; residence of Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, and from 1836 of Prof. Edwards A. Park. (Main Street.)
Residence of Prof. Bela B. Edwards, 1840-1852; Mrs. Edwards' young ladies' school (the "Nunnery,") 1852-1864. (Prof. Ryder's, Main Street.)
Joseph Richardson house. In the front of this house, then occupied by Stephen Dinsmore, the Free Church was organized, May 7, 1846, as a protest against American slavery. (Main Street, corner East Chestnut.)
Site of the first manufactory of Andover, Judge Phillips's powder mill, built in 1776, which furnished the first powder to the American army. After the Revolution it was turned into a paper mill. (Near the old woolen mill, Stevens's Mill, Marland Village.)
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Site of Judge Phillips's store; carried on 1791-1797 by Hon. Jacob Abbot, great grandfather of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbot; afterwards for many years the "com- mons" for Academy students ; removed to upper Morton street, 1880. Present house occupied by President Tucker 1880-1893. (Main Street, corner Phillips.)
Site of brick store, occupied for many years by Henry Abbot and his son Henry W. Abbot. In the hall over this store the "Peace Supper" was held in 1815. (Carter's Block, Main Street.)
First train of cars on the Andover & Wilmington Railroad, now the Boston & Maine, arrived at this depot August 6, 1836. Location removed 1847. (Walsh's plumbing shop, Essex Street.)
The old " hill store," built about 1810 by Mark Newman; kept by D. and J. Shipman, and for nearly fifty years by Deacon Albert Abbott. Printing office of Flagg & Gould, 1813-1832; first tracts of the Tract Society and the first temperance paper, the "Journal of Humanity," printed here.
Printing house of Flagg, Gould & Newman, of Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, and of W. F. Draper. They published in all nearly four hundred text books, commen- taries and many other valuable works. Built 1832. (Seminary boarding-house, Main Street.)
First car shop of the Boston & Maine Railroad. First cars made here in 1835 by Capt. Nathaniel Whittier and M. Christopher Andrews. ("Crystal Palace," Pearson Street.)
Site of first Phillips Academy, 1778-1786, and of the residence of Squire Samuel Farrar, 1811-1864, now on Phillips Street. (Professor Churchill's, Main Street, corner Phillips.)
Site of second Phillips Academy, built 1785, burned 1818. (Main Street, corner Salem.)
Brick Academy, Salem Street; built 1818, Bulfinch, architect. "The classic hall" in which Oliver Wendell Holmes spoke his Exhibition Ode, 1825. Academy Gymnasium, 1867-1896. Burned June 23, 1896. Restored after original design, 1897.
Site of Stone Academy, 1830-1864. (Main Street, corner Chapel Avenue.)
Site of the Universalist Church, 1839-1865, used afterwards for a few years as a town grammar school. (Dr. J. F. Richards's, Main Street, corner Punchard Avenue, formerly "Universalist Court.")
Original site of Abbot Academy building. Built 1829. Removed to present location, 1888. (School Street.)
Smith Hall, built 1854. Original location near the center of the front of Draper Hall. (School Street.)
Site of the "Town School." Removed to Main Street, remodeled, and now used as a store by Ovid Chapman. "Chap's." (Corner of School and Central Streets, south of Christ Church.)
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PRE-HISTORIC SITES
A few pre-historic sites are added by authority of Professor G. Frederick Wright, LL. D., a former Andover pastor.
" Indian Ridge is a kame or esker, and was made famous in 1841 by President Hitchcock's paper before the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. The most accessible kame and kettle-hole in the village of Andover is between the Catholic Cemetery and the Old South Church. Pomp's Pond is the most famous kettle-hole in the town, and perhaps in the world, by reason of what has been written about it. Fine glacial scratches may be found on the North Andover road nearly opposite to the entrance of Mr. Johnson's residence ; also on the rocks back of Pun- chard schoolhouse, and in the vicinity of the schoolhouse in Scotland District, while some very delicate ones of great interest appear upon the exposed quartz crystals of Sunset Rock. Prospect Hill is one of the best specimens of drumlins to be found anywhere in the world. Many boulders containing large crystals of light colored feldspar which have come from Lake Winnepesaukee are found within the village limits, being often laid in the stone walls."
LIST OF HISTORIC SITES IN THE NORTH PARISH MARKED BY NORTH ANDOVER CITIZENS.
Site of Franklin Academy.
Henry Osgood House: birthplace of Hon. Samuel Osgood, first postmaster general of the United States.
House of Capt. John Peabody who commanded a company in the Revolution. Site of the first Meeting House built in 1648.
Home of Maj. John Adams who took an active part against Shay's Rebellion.
The site of the second Woolen Mill in the County and the third in the Country.
Phillips Mansion, built in 1752 by Hon. Samuel Phillips. Once owned by Bishop Phillips Brooks.
Home of Col. James Frye, who was at the taking of Louisburg and at the fight at Bunker Hill, also occupied by Chaplain Jonathan Frye.
Home of Col. Samuel Johnson, Revolutionary officer, of the Rev. Samuel John- son, Author. Penelope Johnson was killed by the Indians near this house in Feb- ruary, 1698.
" Mansion House " of Col. Moody Bridges, officer in the Old French War and representative to the first Provincial Congress. Birthplace of Gen. Isaac I. Sterens.
The Bradstreet House. Home of Mr. Simon and Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, Rev. Thomas and Rev. John Barnard and Rev. William Symmes, D. D.
Kittredge Mansion, Prospect Street, built in 1784. Home of Dr. Thomas Kittredge, Surgeon of Ist Mass. Regiment in the Revolutionary War.
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250TH ANNIVERSARY
MANUFACTURES AND TRADES EXHIBIT
While the hall at the Punchard School building was occu- pied in telling of Andover's past, the lower part of the Town House was given up to the display of the industrial Andover of the present.
But a short time had been devoted to the development of this part of the celebration, yet the committee were able to make one of the most interesting features of the celebration. The following Andover firms and manufacturers were repre- sented in the display.
SMITH & DOVE MANUFACTURING CO .- Exhibit of Shoe Thread, Twines and Carpet Yarns of many grades of fineness and finish. Also an interest- ing display of the Flax in its different processes of manufacture.
M. T. STEVENS & SONS, the MARLAND MILLS .- Exhibit of Woolen Dress Goods including several hundred designs of soft wool Flannels and Novelties.
TYER RUBBER Co .- Exhibit of Rubber Goods, including Druggist Sundries, Atomizers, Syringes, Hard Rubber Goods, Tubing, and many attrac- tive Rubber specialties.
BALLARDVALE MILLS .- Exhibit of White Flannels of very fine quality and texture, including a part of the Mills' World's Fair prize exhibit.
BALLARDVALE MANUFACTURING Co .- Exhibit of Bronze Goods, Lamps and Ornamental Mantel Goods.
ANDOVER PRESS .- Exhibit of Book, Pamphlet and Artistic Job Printing. BALLARDVALE LITHIA CO .- Exhibit of Lithia Water from the Ballardvale Spring.
MCDONALD & HANNAFORD .- Exhibit of Harness and Horse Trappings.
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