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== North District School ==
*According to tradition, the land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamachie, the Sagamore of Massachusetts, for six English pounds and a coat.  This event is commemorated in the town seal, which was officially adoped at the annual meeting on March 5, 1900.  It is generally believed that the new seal was designed by Leonard Sherman, a local artist, photographer and nature writer.  However, there were no Native Americans in New England tribes that ever wore such an elaborate headdress.
*The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation. 
*In 1895, John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
* A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. [http://andoverma.gov/about/250th.php Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner]
* For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room.  Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen. 


The school was located on the corner of North Street and River Road from 1835 to 1947. Later the building was used by West Andover Community Associaton. It was demolished in 1984.
[[Image:Town_Seal.jpg|thumb|...''From 1/30/2014 Townsman''.... click to enlarge|left]]
* ''Andover Townsman'', November 10, 2005
[[Image:seal.jpg|thumb|...''Cocoanut and Decoration Day''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
 
 
== North Parish School ==
 
The first school house in Andover was erected in Feb. 3, 1701, in North Parish (now North Andover). In 1718, a second schoolhouse was erected in South Parish.
* ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', October 22, 1964
 
 
 
== Punchard Free School ==
 
The Punchard Free School, at 36 Bartlett Street, was founded in 1856 by bequest of $50,000 from resident Benjamin H. Punchard. The school was dedicated September 2, 1856 but fire destroyed it 12 years later. The school was rebuilt under the jurisdiction of the town. Public funding began in 1901 and the school was renamed Punchard High School.  When a new high school was built in 1957, Punchard became Andover Junior High. The last high school class graduated from Punchard on June 14, 1957. Conversion to town offices began in 1982.
* ''Andover Townsman'', December 30, 2004
* ''Andover Townsman'', June 20, 1957
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=townswoman%27s%20andover&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith, pages 43-39 (974.45 Gol)
 
== Stowe School ==
 
Stowe School, named after Harriet Beecher Stowe, was located on Bartlett Street from 1894 to 1971. It housed the Central Grammar School.
* ''Andover Townsman'', June 19, 2003
 
[[File:Stowe_School_photo.PNG|thumb|left]]


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== Chronology of Andover Schools ==
The chronology of Andover's school buildings was researched by James Batchelder.
[[Image:schools.jpg|thumb||left| “Chronology of school buildings,'' [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20a%20century%20of%20change&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), 154 …..click to enlarge|left]]
[http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/x187426370/Andover-Stories-Andover-public-education-started-by-1647-law Andover Public Education Started by 1647 Law.] by Jim Batchelder, Andover Historical Society.
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[[Image:johndoveschool.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Location of John Dove School and Jackson School.]]


See
*"New Town Seal," ''Andover Townsman'', March 9, 1900.
* "Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies," ''Andover Townsman'', February 1, 2007.
*"Andover's town seal tells many stories," ''Andover Townsman'', January 30, 2014, p. 7.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20a%20Century%20of%20Change&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=250279&t=Andover%3A%20Symbol%20of%20New%20England&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title Andover: Symbol of New England], by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=266287&t=The%20Townswoman%27s%20Andover&tp=title&d=0&hc=1&rt=title ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2.
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=777748&t=Town%20and%20City%20Seals%20of%20Massachusetts&tp=title&d=0&hc=2&rt=title ''Town and City Seals of Massachusetts''], by Allan Forbes (929.9 For volume 2), page 6.


* There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976.


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  • According to tradition, the land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamachie, the Sagamore of Massachusetts, for six English pounds and a coat. This event is commemorated in the town seal, which was officially adoped at the annual meeting on March 5, 1900. It is generally believed that the new seal was designed by Leonard Sherman, a local artist, photographer and nature writer. However, there were no Native Americans in New England tribes that ever wore such an elaborate headdress.
  • The original town seal included just text: the town name, state, and date of incorporation.
  • In 1895, John E. Whiting, a local jewler, designed a porcelin pin depicting the sale of the land that was to become Andover from the Indians as a souvenir for the Town's 250th anniversary.
  • A banner was also commissioned using the same picture. Andover's 250th Anniversary Banner
  • For the Town's 350th anniversary, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room. Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, was chosen.
...From 1/30/2014 Townsman.... click to enlarge
...Cocoanut and Decoration Day.... click to enlarge



See

  • There is a color picture of the seal on the Andover Finance Report for 1976.


--Eleanor 12:39, July 13, 2007 (EDT)

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