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The first documented gravestone in Andover was placed at South Church in 1711.


In 1993, Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance and foyer redesign project. The primary goal of the project was to return the building to a front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920's design. Local landscape architect Peter Hornbeck ([[Hornbeck, Peter]]) designed the entrance and Andover architect Jane Griswold supervised the installation which included native plants and flowers, an oval brick patio and granite curbing and park seating. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.


*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=640791 Chapel Cemetery at Phillips Academy]
The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until  the summer of 1994. The Andover Historic Footprints Committee, led by Ann Constantine, Norma Gammon and Larry Lamagna raised more than $60,000 from private donations to ensure the completion of the work.  
**Originally the cemetery for the Andover Theological Seminary
**First burial was in 1810.
**Those buried include: Harriet Beecher Stowe; John Dove; Alice Buck; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Warren Draper.
***See "A little cemetery - a lot of history," ''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 2013, p. 16.


In addition to the exterior work on the property, the library's front foyer was enhanced with decorative painting featuring a border with the names of New England authors and ivy vines. A plaque comemorating the Historic Footprints donors was mounted in the foyer at the time. 


*[http://www.christchurchandover.org/ Christ Church Cemetery - Episcopal]
A small delay in the completion of the project was reported on in the September 1, 1994 edition of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune. The delay was due to the fact that the granite curbing company delivered pieces that did not fit as they were supposed to. The final dedication for the new park landscaping and stonework as well as a newly renovated foyer was held on January 8, 1995. The foyer was dedicated to  Nancy Jacobson who served as Director of Memorial Hall Library from 1974 to 1993.  
**Located at 25 Central Street.
**Graves in this cemetery date back to 1840.


See


*Cornelius Gould Farm Cemetery
Andover Townsman, ''Library Park Foyer Dedication'' January 1, 1995
**Contains only three gravestones and a few unmarked graves: Cornelius Gould, Lydia Gould, and Emerson Gould.
Andover Townsman, " ''Another Small Delay in Memorial Hall Library Construction''" September 1, 1994
**When the boundary line between Andover and North Reading was established in 1904, a portion of the Gould Farm was in North Reading.  The cemetery is in this portion.


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*Jenkins Family Cemetery - See Woodbridge-Jenkins Family Cemetery
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=640791 Phillips Academy Chapel Cemetery]
[[Image:MHLFrontEntrance.jpg|thumb|...''MHL Front Entrance''.... click to enlarge|left]]
**Located on Chapel Avenue.
**The burying ground of Andover Theological Seminary.


[[Image:1993MHLFrontEntranceRedesignBrickFundraiser.jpg|thumb|...''Brick Fundraiser Flier''.... click to enlarge|left]]


*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91539&CScntry=4&CSst=21&CScnty=1177&CSsr=281& Sacred Heart Cemetery]
**Located at 80 Corbett Road in the Shawsheen section of Andover.
**A member of the Catholic Cemetery Association


*[http://staugustineparish.org/church_home.html St. Augustine's Church Cemetery]
**Located off Lupine Road; office at 43 Essex Street.
**Graves in this cemetery date back to 1855.




*[http://www.northparish.org/index.php North Parish Burial Ground in North Andover]
**First burial ground established in Andover.  Andover split into the North Parish (North Andover) and South Parish (Andover) in 1855.
**[http://hne-rs.s3.amazonaws.com/filestore/1/2/9/1/1_40bc7622deefd6a/12911_e6dfb13f33ac7fb.pdf The Old Burial Ground on Academy Road, North Andover]




*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91565 Saint Francis Seminary Cemetery]
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*[http://www.southchurch.com/cemetery/index.html South Church Cemetery]
**Located at the corner of Central and School Streets (41 Central Street).
**Oldest cemetery in Andover.
**First recorded burial was Robert Russell in 1710.
**The first two ministers, Rev. Samuel Philips and Rev. Jonathan French, and their families are buried here.  Also buried are the founders of Phillips Academy, Andover Theological Seminary and the Abbot Female Academy.
**Andover's Revolutionary War dead are buried here or remembered at the triangle of School and Central Streets.
**See [[South Church (Parish)]]
**[http://www.southchurch.com/cemetery/ List of people buried in South Church Cemetery]
[[File:southchurchmap.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Map of South Parish Cemetery]]
[[File:Memorial.jpg|200px|thumb|center|List of Memorials in South Parish Cemetery]]
 
 
 
*[http://andoverma.gov/facilities/cemetery/ Spring Grove Cemetery]
**Located on Abbot Street named for the spring on the property.
**This is the Andover town cemetery.
**Funds ($3,000) appropriated at the 1869 town meeting purchase 41 acres from the heirs of Nehemiah Abbott for the cemetery.
**Dedicated on October 15, 1871. 
**A statue dedicated to Civil War Veterans erected on cemetery grounds.
**An online search by name, a map of the cemetery, and a list of rules and regulations are located on the town's website [http://andoverma.gov/facilities/cemetery/search.php Spring Grove Cemetery] 
***See "Spring Grove Cemetery steeped in History, Shrouded in Beauty", The Townsman, October 29, 2015, page 11.
 
 
*[http://www.jcam.org/Pages/Cemeteries_New/Cemetery_Pages_08/Lawrence_Mt_Vernon.html Temple Emanuel Cemetery]
**Located at Corbett and Mount Vernon Street.
 
 
*[http://www.westparishgardencemetery.org/ West Parish Cemetery]
**Located at 129 Reservation Road.
**Graves in this cemetery date back to 1692 & 1751.
 
 
*Woodbridge-Jenkins Family Cemetery
**Located at 4 Douglas Lane, off Mortimer Road, off Jenkins Road.
**17 people were buried here between 1753-1882.
**In 1882, 8 members of the Jenkins family were reinterred, 7 to Spring Grove Cemetery (William Jenkins lot), 1 to South Church Cemetery.
**9 remain, 6 members of the Benjamin Woodbridge family (1805-1853, direct descendants of Rev. John Woodbridge, the first minister of Andover), and 3 children of Samuel and Rebecca Jenkins, who died on consecutive days in September 1753.
**The town adopted the cemetery at the 2002 town meeting.
**A 2003 Eagle Scout project cleaned up, restored, and fenced in the cemetery.
**A 2014 Eagle Scout project built a footbridge and footpath from the road to the cemetery.
[[Image:Jenkins.jpg|thumb|...Woodbridge and Jenkins Family Cemetery.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
 
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See
 
*"Buried here (famous Andover residents)," ''Andover Townsman'', October 26, 1995, p. 1.
*"Historic Undertaking: Repairing stones is grave matter," ''Andover Townsman'', February 21, 2002, p.1.
*"Revolutionary War-era cemetery now town's," ''Andover Townsman'', April 25, 2002.
*"Revolutionary War era cemetery is town's: Woodbridge Jenkins Cemetery," ''Andover Townsman'', May 2, 2002, p. 22.
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/eg/opac/record/26062?query=farm%20and%20neighborhood%20cemeteries;qtype=keyword;fi%3Asearch_format=;locg=5 "Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass, Including Stone Inscriptions"] by Lenora White McQuesten.
*"Finding roots in Andover," ''Eagle Tribune'', January 11, 2009, p. 9.
*[http://andover.essexcountyma.net/cemeteryindex.html Andover Church and Cemetery Guide]
 
 
See also
 
*[http://andover.essexcountyma.net/cemeteryindex.html Andover Church and Cemetery Guide]
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=32772&t=guide%20to%20cemeteries%20in%20massachusetts&tp=keyword&l=5&d=1&hc=2&rt=keyword Guide to Cemeteries in Essex County Massachusetts] R929.5 Gui (The information for Andover is in the Andover File -- Cemeteries.)
*[http://andoverhistorical.org/ The Andover Historical Society] has a list of cemetery inventories for Christ Church, St. Augustine's, Phillips Academy Chapel, Spring Grove, South Church and West Parish cemeteries.
 
 
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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance and foyer redesign project. The primary goal of the project was to return the building to a front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920's design. Local landscape architect Peter Hornbeck (Hornbeck, Peter) designed the entrance and Andover architect Jane Griswold supervised the installation which included native plants and flowers, an oval brick patio and granite curbing and park seating. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.

The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until the summer of 1994. The Andover Historic Footprints Committee, led by Ann Constantine, Norma Gammon and Larry Lamagna raised more than $60,000 from private donations to ensure the completion of the work.

In addition to the exterior work on the property, the library's front foyer was enhanced with decorative painting featuring a border with the names of New England authors and ivy vines. A plaque comemorating the Historic Footprints donors was mounted in the foyer at the time.

A small delay in the completion of the project was reported on in the September 1, 1994 edition of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune. The delay was due to the fact that the granite curbing company delivered pieces that did not fit as they were supposed to. The final dedication for the new park landscaping and stonework as well as a newly renovated foyer was held on January 8, 1995. The foyer was dedicated to Nancy Jacobson who served as Director of Memorial Hall Library from 1974 to 1993.

See

Andover Townsman, Library Park Foyer Dedication January 1, 1995 Andover Townsman, " Another Small Delay in Memorial Hall Library Construction" September 1, 1994

...Front Entrance Redesign Articles.... click to enlarge


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