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1901 To accept Tyrian Way north of Tyer Rubber Co. and street on its northerly side. Don't know how they came to be called Lewis Street and Buxton Court.
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1929 Boston Road accepted.
This may be the proper place to note that our original Main Street was Central Street with stores clustered near Elm Sq. about where the present Memorial Hall Library is and another group of stores on the top of Andover Hill. Our own Town House was not built until 1860.
One of the consequences of the building of the Essex Turnpike was the construction of Pearson Street and Harding Street.
The history of Brook Street, Essex Street, and Pearson Street I have mixed together as a consequence of finding five old deeds of my grandfathers. I think Brook Street is a very old street being mentioned in deeds of the 1830's as "the road leading from Nathaniel Swift's to the Factories." I thought it was named Brook Street because it crossed Roger's Brook but Mrs. Dodge thinks someone named Brook once liv d there. I shall reserve my judgment until she tells me when Brook lived there. The name Brook was suggested for the street in 1856.
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PEARSON STREET
Eliphalit Pearson was born in Bedford in 1752, graduated at Harvard College in 1773, taught in the Franklin Academy in 1774. He had an original and inventive genius, besides being a classical scholar was a teacher of 1 singing, a practical landscape gardener, by his genius and practical knowledge of chemistry he rendered valuable aid at the powder mill in was 1776, an original trustee of Phillips Academy, its principal from 1778 to 1786, professor of Hebrew at Harvard College in 1786 to 1806 when he resigned. He was active in founding the Theological Seminary, was associate professor of Sacred Literature in 1808. He was married twice. He removed to Harvard, Mass. Where he engaged in agriculture. He died in Greenland, New Hampshire September 12, 1826, aged 74 years. In addition to his accomplishments he evidently had an interest in real estate. After his death his trustees held an auction sale of has holdings in Andover and I have an abstract of a plan used at that time comprising nine houselots bounded by what are now Essex and Pearson Streets. There
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were also houselots on the other side of Pearson Street. Whether the street was laid out before his death or by the trustees, I don't know. According to Mark Hill, Pearson Street originally ran from its present end near the railroad clear through to Elm Street. Evidently there have been several encroachments on Elm Square by the abuttors. Although it is mentioned by Pearson's trustces in a deed dated 1830, in one of 1836 it is still referred to as a "new street." It seems strange that a street in such an inconspicuous part of the town should be named after such a distinguished man.
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REFERENCES TO DEEDS
September 28, ($212) 1830 Trustees of Eliphalet Pearson to John Merrill northerly side and westerly end of Essex St. (so called) by the road leading from Nathaniel Swift's to the Factories thence by last named road 292 ft. to Pearson Streets, by Pearson St. 194 ft. to land of Joshua Ward, etc. (land at corner of Essex and Pearson Streets) with the privilege of passing at all times on Essex and Pearson Streets to his several lots.
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August 12, 1833 ($205.29) John Merrill to Jeremiah Goldsmith. Same land at corner of Pearson Street as described in deed of September 28, 1830. March 3, 1835 ($175) Joshua Ward to Jeremiah Goldsmith Lots 10 & 11 on Pearson Street. This is the deed which has the plan on the back. March 7, 1836 ($75) Benjamin Abbot and Stephen Lovejoy to Jeremiah Goldsmith land lying at junction of old road leading by the mansion of Nathaniel Swift, Esq. to the new Street called Pearson Street. January 7, 1836 ($95) Citclaim Stephen Lovejoy to Jeremiah Goldsmith Lots 10 & 11 on Pearson Street.
May 10, 1845($115) Nathan Hazen to Jeremiah Goldsmith Lot No. 8 beginn- ing at south east corner of "Factory Street" now Essex (this is the lot next to the one at the junction of Essex and Pearson and ran through to Pearson Street.)
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1) Think that Bruch street is an older wed than Esser street as old deeds of the 1830, and an late as 1845 furent in calling that portion of the present Essex street from its function anth Burk street to Pearson street"the road leading from nathaniel Swift's to the Factories". a seed of 1835 notes that Crux street was at first 42 fint wide but since made 4/9/2 fait wide". A plan on the back of an old deed shows Erry street running only to "wad from the Factories" Q deed of Septembre 28. 1830 from the Trustees of Elifhalet Pearson to John Merrill describes Paarson's lend as finting in Essex street and the road leading from nathaniel Swifts to the Factories with the perilage of passing and charming at all times in Cervix and Pearson streets to hus serval late ao if they were both new streets.
Im : 830 Merull bought this Land for 219 and in 1833 sold it to my grandfather for 205. 29 which must have meant some sharp bargaining. Ocending to the old plan that would have meant 292 feet frontage on the present Éerrez street and 194 feet un Prasson street :
In 1881 there was a petition for gates at the railroad crossing
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BROOK STREET
In 1870 in the month of May a report was accepted for widening and straightening it "but striking out all that relates to G. K. W. Gallichans land and fence and rescinding the vote establishing him on the north side of Brook Street. The Gallishan house is now owned by Christ Church and is call the Gleebj House.
RIDGE STREET
Ridge Street was discussed at the Town Meeting of 1896 and evidently there were already houses built there, but it was not accepted until the following year when $600 was appropriated for its improvement. It is mentioned in the directory of 1885.
LUPINE ROAD
In August of 1872 an article proposing a road from Hartwell B. Abbotts to the extension that is the lower end of School Street was indefinitely postponed.
In 1887 a way was accepted leading from School Street westerly to Central Street near the home of T. F. Pratt and paralled with the Boston & Maine railroad. This was called Railroad Street until 1912 when its name was changed to Lupine Road on the petition of Horace Hale Smith.
RAILROAD STREET
Railrod Street from the Boston & Maine station to North Main Street. This street was discussed at the Town Meeting of 1890, particularly with reference to its lighting. It was then said to be a private way laid out by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1847, that certain persons had the privilege of using it as well as those attending the Free Church, then located there.
In 1938 the road extending from the junction of Pearson and Essex to North Main Streets was accepted on petition of the Boston & Maine railroad and the Tyer Rubber Co.
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HARDING STREET
John Harding lived in a house at the north east corner of what is now North Main and Harding Streets. He was a merchant and had a store under the Baptist Church. He afterwards moved to a house facing on Elm Sq. between North Main and High Street where he died. This house was moved to High Street when the present one was built. It is now 33 High Street where the Glendinnings live.
In 1826 a road was laid out measured in rods and links "from John Harding's will curb to the road leading from A. D. Mayo's to the Almshouse." The rods and links added up to about 900 ft. Wasn't this Harding Street? When the location of the railroad was changed ten years later the grade was changed it left some of the houses in a strange position. According to John Houghton Flint a great grandson of John Harding, Harding Street was originally a lane leading from what is now High St. 1. near to the Phillips & Houghton paper mill to the site of the present Marland Mill. It was in operation about 1791.
BARNARD STREET
Barnard Street was accepted in 1899 on the petition of J. Warren Barnard. An attempt was made to discontinue it, but the vote was defeated 87 to 16.
PARK STREET
It took four town meetings to persuade the voters to accept the layout and appropriate any money for the construction of the present Park St. I have heard my mother say that it was low wet land and a very unpromising place to build a road.
In August of 1871 David Shannon proposed a road leading from Main Street near the Town Hall to Punchard Avenue what we now call Whittier St. It was voted not to accept his proposal.
In July of 1872 it was proposed by William Marland, but the article in the Warrant was postponed.
In August of 1872 the article was sponsored by J. H. Smith and 74 others but still tabled.
Not till September of 1873 was the layout of the road accepted and $5,000 appropriated for its construction.
In 1875 the Road Commissioners are authorized to assess and collect
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CHESTNUT STREET
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It is often difficult for me to understand the old records. The record of 1838 concerning a proposed road from the Essex Turnpike to the 01d Boston road conveyed no idea until I read a further description. From the Essex Turnpike to the Kneeland house (which is now 2 Chestmit St.) across the tracks and is being 24 ft. wide. Those who received damages were Samuel Abbot, Rev. Justin Edwards, Wardwill, Osgood, and Pettengill in amounts varying from $10 to $75. Nathaniel Swife and the owners of the Estate belonging to John Kneeland were awarded no damages because, so the records say, "In our opinion they ame benefited more than injured by reason of the location." In my childhood we always spoke of Chestnut St. and East Chestnut Street.
CHESTNUT STREET -- East
In 1878 there was an article in the Warrant to see if the Town will accept a road laid out by the Road Commissioners running from the cast- erly side of Main St. opposite the easterly end of Chestnut St. to Bartlet St. $1175 was appropriated.
In 1883 there was an article to see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen for laying out the extention of Chestnut Street from Bartlet St. to Highland Avenue. $1813 was awarded for damares and $5000 for construction and it was "to be built within six months. In 1884 $900 was voted to finish the Chestnut St. Extention.
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LOCKE STREET
Locke Street was named for James Locke who kept the tavern (111 Main St.) about 1825 to 1840. It was once called Love Lane, In 1869 the Town accepted the report of the Selectmen with reference to the laying out and widening as a Town way the private way leading from Main St. ncar the home of N. W. Hazen to School St. on the petition of Peter Smith. In 1870 one Horace Wilson was much annoyed about the damages he received but got no satisfaction.
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BARTLET STREET
Bartlet St. is named after William Bartlet of Newburyport who gave a $160,000 to the seminary in 1808. That is why we have to spell Bartlet Street with one "T".
In 1877 the town was authorized to build a grammar school on the land of the Punchard Free School although the committee didn't think it was a very central location preferring the Means lot at the corner of Central and School Sts. Neither did they think it wise to have two schools so near together which were under different managements.
In 1879 it was voted to see if the Town will convey to. James H. Smith a certain portion of land on Park St. in consideration for land taken by the Town owned by said Smith for the construction of a highway lead- ing from Punchard Avenue to Park St. (that is the lower end of Bartlet Street). It was voted to do what was "right and fit."
In 1878 there was an article to see if the town will build a town way from Punchard Ave. to Pike St. (Morton).
In 1838 there was an article to adopt the report of the selectmen for laying out extention of Bartlet Street from Pike St. to Punchard Ave. $700 was awarded for damages and $2000 voted for construction and it was to be built within six months.
In 1884 there was an article to see if the Town will build a street from Bartlet St. to the grammar school (that is what was the old John Dove Building now torn down supplanted by the new Central School). $500 was appropriated, apparantly for a driveway.
In 1891 there was an article to see if the Town will accept a way laid out by the selectmen from a point on Morton Street opposite the southerly end of Bartlet St. to Chapel Ave. as an extention of Bartlet St. under petition of William S. Jenkins and others.
In 1929 it was voted that the southerly end of Bartlet St. between Chapel Avenue and Wheeler St. be closed to public traffic, that the private way known as Wheeler St. be accepted as a public way. The said street to be surfaced and regraded the expense to be borne by Phillips Academy.
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CHAPEL AVENUE
In 1922 it was voted that that portion of Chapel Avenue, a private way laid out by the Trustees of Phillips Academy and heretofore used by the public extending from the easterly end of Bartlet Street at its inter- section with said Chapel Ave. and between Bartlet and Salem Sts., is hereby discontinued.
Once you could drive up Bartlet St. onto Chapel Ave. back of what were then the Seminary buildings and so out Salem St. without crossing Main Street traffic.
JUDSON ROAD
Judson road was originally opened when the Leonard Wood house was moved from Bartlet Street in the 1920s. For many years that and the brick Brewster house were the only houses on the street, in fact until the early 1950s when it was extended and a circle made to accommodate three modern houses.
Adoniram Judson, the pioneer of foreign missionaries from the Andover Theological Seminary, was graduated in 1810. He was ordained in the Tabernacle Church in Salem and sailed with his youthful bride from Salem Harbor for India on the ship Caravan under the appointment of the newly organized American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
The selfless devotion of these early Missionaries is almost beyond our comprehension! Arriving in India the day after war was declared in the conflict of 1812 he found all Americans most unwelcome. He went to Burma where he became the representative of the American Baptists. His name is the first on the bronze tablet on the Memorial Boulder dedicated in 1910. Little could he visualize that he was a pioneer in a mighty enter- prise which has gone around the world and after 100 years would be spending over a million dollars in the cause which he embraced with youthful ardor.
MORTON STREET
In 1855 Green Street between the houses of Willard Pike and Marcus Morton was accepted as a public highway.
Judge Marcus Morton lived at what is now 23 School Street and was the Moderator of the Town Meeting when this vote was taken. Little did he think on that day of the eventual extent of the street and that its entire length would bear his name.
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Mr. Green was a retired Unitarian minister who lived for some time at what is now 134 Main St. on the cornor of Morton.
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Willard Pike was a soap manufacturer who lived somewhere between Main and School Streets. His house is now one of those moved back from the street. The soap factory was at the eastern end of the present street at the top of the hill on the south side just at the turn of the road before it descends to Chestnut Street.
In 1869 there is an article to accept the report of the Selectmen for laying out and widening as a town way, the street known as Pike Street leading from Main Street near the house of Nathan Ellis on the petition of Willard Pike (and they didn't make it nearly wide enough as any one of you will testify who have tried to make a right hand turn in an automobile from Main Street east into Morton.)
In 1870 Nathan Ellis wanted more damages than were allowed for the widening of Pike Street.
In 1887 it was voted to accept a report and recommendation of the Select- men for the proposed extension of Pike Street to Chestnut on petition of William S. Jenkins, Edward Taylor, M. C. Andrews, E. K. Jenkins, and others. $328 was appropriated for damages and $700 for construction. Someone must have been very dilatory in carrying out this purpose for in 1893, six years later, Nathan Abbot sponsored an article: To see if the Town will extend Morton Street, formerly Pike Street as laid out by the Selectmen and accepted by the Town on March 7, 1887.
Within a week someone has tried to make me think this easterly end of Morton Street was a new street as new as Memorial Circle. It was "accepted" 67 years ago though little used until recently.
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SCHOOL STREET
South of Central Street is an old road to the south. It may have been named School Street about 1829 when Abbot academy was founded. In a commencement address, a history of Abbot Academy printed in The 11 Andover Advertiser of June 16, 1864 it says of the street that there were few houses on it in 1829 and "the grounds of Abbot Academy promised a tolerable huckleberry pasture."
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In 1871 the Essex County commissioners laid out a continuation of School Street from Central Stret to the Loston & Maine railroad station, but it was not satisfactorily completed for several years,
ALA.DDT STR ET - School to Phillips
Allot Street School to Phillips was opened by Edward Farwell in 1679 and continued from that time as a Town Highway. The land over which it ran was owned by Mr. Farwell and latter by Abbot Academy. In March 1378 it was voted "to see if the Town will accept and widen Abbot, Phillips & Woburn Streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners." In 1890 there was an article to see if the name of Woburn Street be changed to Abbot Street continuous from School to Boston Streets namely (Porter Road at present or the Old South Street).
Miss Jane Carpenter says the Farwells lived in a house at the corner of School and Abbot Streets.
PHILLIPS STREET
Phillips Street is not on the 1330 map. In 1871 there is an article to hear the report of the Selectmen for widening and straightening the road leading from Main Street past the Latin Commons to Contral Street near the Roman Catholic Church which then stood near what we call the Fred Jones House. In 1878 there was an article to see if the town would accept and widen Abbot, Phillips and Woburn Streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners. The sum of $1400 was appropriated. In 1863 Alfred Poor in writing of Woburn Street describes it as"commencing at its northern end a few steps west of the Catholic Church with the dwelling of Capt. Abbot (John Radford Abbot, 72 Central St.) on the left and Capt. Perry (George Gibson Erown, 68 Phillips St.) on the right." He also writes "on entering this street we go down a few steps and come to Phillips Street which runs to Central Street down by the south side of Capt. Perry's house as if Woburn Street crossed Phillips Street.
In 1381 there is an article to see if the Town will namo the following described stroet, Phillips Street: Beginning on Main Street between the house of the late Sammel Farrar, Beq. and the house of Professor Tucker running westerly through the Phillips Aceday by the Istin Domitorios, C. Haywards, A. Cummings, Y. L. Church and onterin Central totween L. A. Telknaps and Daniel Abbots and to name it ani change the name of any other streets to correspond on the petition of Aaron Cummings.
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It is odd to think that the heuses of both Samuel Farrar and Professor Tucker are removed from the foundations on which they stood in 1881.
TORR STREET
Mr. Poor considered Torr Street a part of Phillips Street. It is named for George II. Torr who was a director of the Andover National Bank from 1892 to 1900 and for many years Treasurer of the Smith & Dove Co. when he lived at the house now 68 Phillips Street. In some deeds it is called Piccolo Lane so named for the Torr's dog. I have seen it so described at the Registry of Deeds and it is so called in the directory of 1916. PNICHT STREET
The first montion I find of Dwight Street is in the report on the names of Streets made by the Selectmen in 1902. It is described as running from Main Street near Professor Smyths to Highland Road. It is also mentioned in the directory of 1904.
Much amusement was caused by Article 21 in the 1954 Town Warrant: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $750 for the purpose of renewing and adjusting sower and water structures in the way of the proposed state highway reconstruction on Main Streetbetween Dwight Street end Wheeler Street. Many persons living in the immediate vicinit did not know where it was and had never heard of it!
It seems impossible that Dwight Street was named after Miss Mary Dwight sister-in-law of Egbert Smyth, professor of church history at the Andover Theological Seminary. She lived with the Smythes at what is now 210 Main Street and after the Smythes' death at 154 Main Street, She was 1 one of Andovers colorful characters and in horse and caryall-days was the original "back-seat driver." Arthur Stanley Pease has written a delightful sketch of her in "Sequested Vales of Life."
It was more probable that the name was chosen as the honorable name of a distinguished family represented by two presidents of Yale University. Dwight Street runs from 210 Main Street to Highland Road near the "cage". The fact that there are no dwelling houses on it , only a fraternity houre, accounts for the fact that its name is little know.
HIGHLAND ROAD
In the 1885 directory it is called back Street, that is Main Street across Salem Street to the North Indover line. The portion of it between Main Street and Salen Street in the days of Dr. Bancroft was call d Sulldog Avenue.
In 1886 on petition of Charles L. Carter the way from the Salem Street bend to the North Andover line hed its name officially changed from Back Street to Highland Road. At one time the portion of it between Salem Street and Main was called Porter Street. I think in the 1999 and 1901 directories.
CALM STREIT
Possibly this is the way by which the early settlers travelled to market in Salem in 1688.
In 1806 County records refer to it as the road from "Phillips Academy towards Salem to Estes' Tavern in Middleton." It was said "that this highway a common road should be widened and straightoned". A course was laid out with pages of "East and South 26º E" and so forth with the permission to the owners of the land to take off timber and wood before the next June 10.
PROSPECT ROAD
Prospect Road is mentioned as early as 1675 "The way to the home of Nicholas Holt". In 1914; this old way was discontinued at a point near tho old house on the hill (Now the home of tirs. Charles warc) to the North Andover line. It was in 1933 the name was changed from Prospect Hill Road to Prospect Road.
Modern developments along Salem Street include Stonehedge Road accepted in 1926, Appletree Lane accepted in 1940, and Robany Road still private. I am told that the nome Robany is a combination of Robert and Andrew the names of the children of the man who developed the road. Also in this vicinity is Stinson Street probably an old road. Land in this vicinity was assessed to James S. Stinson in 1870 and to Mirs. Flisabeth b. Stimson, probably his widow, in 1888. An area of 25 acros, he had a house and shop on Calen Street north of the Gray plice on the 1352 map. On the 1856 map his house is on the other side (wat) and off Hold Road.
MITENER AVENUE
Gardener Avenue was named in 1896 after Gardener Abbot.
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HIDDEN ROAD
Hidden Road is the part of the Old South Street on the very old road. a David Hidden was a builder and ho lived in a house on this road. He was born in 1832. The house was build in 1311 or 1812 on his mothers
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PORTER ROAD
This was also called South Street in 1863. 'Ebenezer Porter was born in 1772 and died in 1834. Hle was elected to the chair of Sacred Rhetoric at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1811 and was temporarily president in 1834.
In 1891 it was petitioned that the name of the street between the westerly end of Highland Road and the easterly end of Boston Street be changed from Back Street to Porter Street (now considered part of Highland Road as I have said before).
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