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'''1999''' <br>
In 1899, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a law requiring that all cities and towns establish a town seal that should be managed by the respective Town Clerks. ('''''For Every Seal''''' ) Prior to that time, Andover used a plain sticker-style seal as shown below. In 1900, Andover Town Clerk Marland authorised using artwork from a town 250th anniversary banner to create a historically meaningful town seal in accordance with state law. ('''''New Town Seal''''' ) An photograph of the banner is shown below.  
The original proposal for the Andover Public Safety Center included plans to improve or rebuild other plant and facilities, public works buildings, and the West Andover Fire Station.  Selectman decided to withdraw these  and focus on only a Safety Center. On Monday, April 26, 1999 Andover townspeople approved Article 16 for a $12.9 million dollar proposal for a new Safety Center.


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According to Andover native and 20th century local historian Bessie Goldsmith,
*"Selectmen Eliminate Safety Center Riders", Townsman, April 29, 1999, page 13.
*"Voters Give Safety Center a Unanimous Nod," ''Townsman'', April 29, 1999


::''The land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamache, 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 Townswomans Andover''''' )


'''2000'''<br>
A ground breaking ceremony for the new Safety Center was held on October 14, 2000.


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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 photograph of one of the pins as well as the Andover Townsman ad advertising them can be seen below.
*"Longtime Safety Officers Say Center Long Time Coming", ''Townsman'', October 19, 2000, page 13.
"*Safety Center Slow Going" The Townsman, December 21, 2000


*"Selectmen Eliminate Safety Center Riders", ''Townsman,'' February 4, 1999, page 6.


For the Town's 350th anniversary in 1992, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room.  Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, painted the 350th rendition of the seal. A photograph of the painting can be see below. 


'''2001'''<br>
[[Image:TownofAndoverPlainSealAnnualReport1898.PNG|thumb|...''Plain Town Seal from the 1898 Annual Report''.... click to enlarge|left]]
The original completion date for the Safety Center set by Mello Construction was September 2002. The Police Station opened in 2003. The Fire Station did not open until 2005 with an open house for the entire Safety Center on October 20, 2005.
[[Image:Andover250thAnniversaryBanner.jpeg|thumb|...''Andover 250th Anniversary Banner''.... click to enlarge|left]]
[[Image:seal.jpg|thumb|...''Andover's most familiar town seal''.... click to enlarge|left]]
[[Image:JEWhitingSouvenirPinATM 5 1896.PNG|thumb|...''Advertisement for JE Whiting's Souvenir Pin''|left]]
[[Image:JEWhitingSouvenirPinPrivateCollection.PNG|thumb|...''Souvenir Pin from a private collection''|left]]
[[Image:350thAnniversarySealKristoffelMeulen.png |thumb|...''Seal Painting Created for the Town's 350th Anniversary by Kristoffel Meulen''|left]]


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*"Safety Center Construction: Town Impatient with Contractor" ''Townsman'', January 25, 2001, page 15
*"Right to Remain Silent", ''Townsman'', July 19, 2001, page 1.
*"Safety Complex Nearly Ready", Townsman, June 2, 2004.




'''2002'''


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==References==
*''Eagle Tribune'', September 17, 2002
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*"Not Close: Police Station was to Open This Month", ''Townsman'', April 4, 2002.
*"Signs Point to a New Station This Week", ''Townsman'' , August 8, 2002, page 1 & 8.


'''2003''' - Construction on the Fire Station actually began in May 2003 and completed in July of 2004.


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*"Town: Another Year for the Safety Center," ''Townsman'', May 8, 2003, page 1
*"New Town Seal," ''Andover Townsman'', March 9, 1900. [[Media:New_Town_Seal_ATM-1900-03.pdf]]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1901ando/mode/2up Town of Andover Mass, Annual Report. 1901] ''Reflects vote to formally adopt new seal''
 
* [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:58437/one ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 188.
'''2004''' - The fire station was completed in July 2004. It included private dorm rooms for firefighters, a kitchen stove with 10 burners, 4 refrigerators, and a generator the size of a bus for power outages.
* [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:361302/one Andover: Symbol of New England], by Claude Moore Fuess,(974.45 Fuess), page 373.
 
* [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:359804/one ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 2.
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* [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:334425/one ''Town and City Seals of Massachusetts''], by Allan Forbes (929.9 For volume 2), page 6.
*"$14M Project Nears Home Stretch", ''The Townsman,'' February 19, 2004, page 1 & 4.
* ''Andover's Town Seal (Editorial)'' Andover Townsman May 22, 1975 [[Media:AndoversTownSearlEditorial.pdf]]
*"Public Safety Center: Complex Complete This Week," Andover Townsman, July 1, 2004, page 1.
* ''Medallion to be offered'' Andover Townsman July 31, 1975 [[Media: MedallionToBeOfferedATM-1975-07-31.pdf]]
 
* ''Town Seal Won't Be Seen On Team Patch'' Andover  Townsman June 30, 1983 [[Media:TownSealWontBeSeenOnTeamPatch.pdf]]
* Uncovering Some Secrets About Local History Andover Townsman May 4, 1992 ''Andover resident Clifford Wrigley discusses the history of the seal.'' [[Media:Uncovering_Some_Secrets_ATM-1992-05-14.pdf ‎]]
* "Sealed with Historical Inaccuracies," ''Andover Townsman'', February 1, 2007.
* [https://www.andovertownsman.com/opinion/andovers-town-seal-tells-many-stories/article_827fd7bc-b69d-5ebf-bddb-636106bf54bd.html  Andover's town seal tells many stories], ''Andover Townsman'', January 30, 2014, p. 7.
* [http://mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2018/07/for-every-seal-story-town-and-city-town.html ''Every Seal a Story: Town and City Town Seals in the Commonwealth'' ] Massachusetts State Library Blog: July 23, 2018


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In 1899, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a law requiring that all cities and towns establish a town seal that should be managed by the respective Town Clerks. (For Every Seal ) Prior to that time, Andover used a plain sticker-style seal as shown below. In 1900, Andover Town Clerk Marland authorised using artwork from a town 250th anniversary banner to create a historically meaningful town seal in accordance with state law. (New Town Seal ) An photograph of the banner is shown below.

According to Andover native and 20th century local historian Bessie Goldsmith,

The land comprising both the North and South Parishes of Andover was purchased from Cutshamache, 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 Townswomans Andover )


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 photograph of one of the pins as well as the Andover Townsman ad advertising them can be seen below.


For the Town's 350th anniversary in 1992, the Town requisitioned a painting of the seal for the selectman's meeting room. Kristoffel Meulen, then a high school senior, painted the 350th rendition of the seal. A photograph of the painting can be see below.

...Plain Town Seal from the 1898 Annual Report.... click to enlarge
...Andover 250th Anniversary Banner.... click to enlarge
...Andover's most familiar town seal.... click to enlarge
...Advertisement for JE Whiting's Souvenir Pin
...Souvenir Pin from a private collection
...Seal Painting Created for the Town's 350th Anniversary by Kristoffel Meulen



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