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The Underground Railroad had several stops in the homes of Andover, as many in the community were dedicated to the anti-slavery movement. 
The Andover Teacher's Seminary was established using an unrestricted bequest from William Phillips II. A progressive institution for it's time, it was only the second teacher training program in the United States. It featured  chemistry and physics laboratories and a library of 805 volumes.  
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Andover Homes:
Samuel Read Hall was the first principal, who is credited with developing respected educational philosophies, as well as inventing the first blackboard and eraser.
*William Jenkins – 8 Douglass St (formerly Jenkins Road)
 
**"The William Jenkins House,"  [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover''] by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), p. 20
Frederick Law Olmstead was a student.
**"Andover’s Home was but one Stop on the Undergroud Railroad," Andover Townsman 10/26/2000 (This article is found in the Andover Vertical File under Underground Railroad)
 
**[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1169P2029LD12.6746&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=andover+symbol+of+new+england&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus “Andover:Symbol of New England”] by Claude Fuess, (974.45 Fuess), p. 314
Due to lack of continuing funding the school closed its doors in 1842.
*Holt Cogswell House – 373 South Main St.
 
*Mark Newman House – 210 Main St. on the Phillips Academy Campus
 
*Stowe House – 80 Bartlett St.
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*William Poor and Sons Wagon Factory - 66 Poor St.
*"The preacher behind Andover Teachers Seminar," ''Andover Townsman'', April 9, 2015, p. 15.
**William Poor and his sons built carriages with false bottoms for transporting slaves to freedom.
*"Andover Teachers Seminary: A Short-Lived Lesson Ahead of its Time. Andover Townsman, March 2, 2015, page 19.
*Free Christian Church – 31 Elm St.
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Andover Verticle File -  Underground Railroad contains many newspaper articles and other materials written about the role of Andover in rescuing slaves in the 1800s.
*[http://www.nps.gov/archive/sama/indepth/pdfs/ugrr4.pdf Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad in the Essex Natural Heritage Area,] ,published by the National Parks Service
*"Anti-Slavery Movement and the Underground Railroad in Andover & Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts"
*"Antislavery Movement was Active in Andover," Andover Townsman, June 20, 1996, p.20


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The Andover Teacher's Seminary was established using an unrestricted bequest from William Phillips II. A progressive institution for it's time, it was only the second teacher training program in the United States. It featured chemistry and physics laboratories and a library of 805 volumes.

Samuel Read Hall was the first principal, who is credited with developing respected educational philosophies, as well as inventing the first blackboard and eraser.

Frederick Law Olmstead was a student.

Due to lack of continuing funding the school closed its doors in 1842.


See

  • "The preacher behind Andover Teachers Seminar," Andover Townsman, April 9, 2015, p. 15.
  • "Andover Teachers Seminary: A Short-Lived Lesson Ahead of its Time. Andover Townsman, March 2, 2015, page 19.



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