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| '''1829''' - An engine house was built for the Friendly Fire Service, a private company.
| | The Ballardvale Historic District Commission established by the town in 1995 to preserve Ballardvale. According to Chapter 40C of the Massachusetts General Laws, its mission is to: |
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| '''1833''' - Town Meeting voted the sum of $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street.
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| '''1862''' - The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.
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| '''1895''' - The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.
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| *[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1VO23D1142234.6117&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=andover+a+century+of+change&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
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| '''1924''' - Andover established a Fire Department with Charles Emerson appointed as the first Fire Chief. By then "horses had become a thing of the past."
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| '''1966''' - A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.
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| '''2002''' - In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and construction was begun on a new public safety center to house both fire and police. The police station was completed first. Construction on the Fire Station actually began in May 2003 and completed in July of 2004.
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| '''2006''' - There are three fire stations in Andover:
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The Ballardvale Historic District Commission established by the town in 1995 to preserve Ballardvale. According to Chapter 40C of the Massachusetts General Laws, its mission is to:
- To preserve and protect the distinctive characteristics of the buildings and places significant to the history of the Commonwealth’s cities and towns.
- To maintain and improve the settings of those buildings and places.
- To encourage compatibility with existing buildings when new buildings are planned within the district."
The regulations for changes to buildings in Ballardvale are clearly defined in the *Rules Regulations and Procedures of BVHDC".
See
History of Ballardvale Andover Room R 974.45 His
Ballard Historic District Commission (BVHDC)
Rules, Regulations and Procedures of BVHDC
"Ringing Out the Old" Townsman, January 1 ,2004
--Eleanor 15:22, March 14, 2006 (EST)
--Eleanor (talk) 15:23, 5 March 2015 (EST)
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