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The Rose Cottage, located on the corner of Central & Chestnut streets, was built in 1784 by Abner Abbot, a blacksmith.  In 1797, it was bought by Esquire John Kneeland, merchant, lawyer, and member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.  Kneeland entertained General Lafayette at the Rose Cottage during Lafayette's 1825 visit to America to dedicate the Bunker Hill Monument.  General Lafayette spoke to the townspeople of Andover from the Rose Cottage's front porch.


In 1837, the cottage served as the rectory of Christ Church and was later purchased by the Marland family. In 1906, Mrs. Abram Marland made it into a tea room called the "Rose Cottage Tea Room." In 1920, James and Mary Ellen Anderson moved into the cottage and had an antique shop. In 1949, the house was sold to Louise Coffin.  In 1996, Carroll and Elaine Bailey bought the cottage.
In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920s entrance look and feelLocal landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.  


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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.  
 
[[Andover Artist - Howard Ames Coon|Howard Ames Coon
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[[Image:Rose_Cottage.jpg|thumb|...''Rose Cottage circa 1955''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
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* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=250279&t=fuess%20symbol%20&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=1&rt=keyword Andover: Symbol of New England,] by Claude Fuess,p. 272.
 
* "Lafayette Drank Grog in Rose Cottage Parlor During Stopover," ''Andover Townsman'', September 22, 1955.


*''Andover Townsman'', May 27, 1971,
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*"From old cottage to modern home," ''Andover Townsman'', July 10, 2003.
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*[http://www.eagletribune.com/lifestyle/x1876413527/All-Decked-Out-From-Christmas-past-to-present-Family-memories-fill-Andovers-Rose-Cottage "All Decked Out: From Christmas past to present: Family memories fill Andover's Rose Cottage,"] ''Eagle Tribune'', December 27, 2007.


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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920s entrance look and feel. Local landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. 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.

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