Fire Department / Fire Stations and Andover Biography- William H. Foster: Difference between pages

From Andover Answers
(Difference between pages)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
'''1829''' - An engine house was built for the Friendly Fire Service, a private company.
Illustrator William H. Foster, 1886 - 1941, works were featured in several magazines including, Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Monthly.  He was the editor of two magazines: ''National Sportsman'' and ''Hunting and Fishing''. and a pioneer in the development of skeet shooting. Laterin  life he painted bird dogs. The Purina Top Coverdog of the Year Award is presented in his honor.


See
His home at 71 Chestnut Street is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Andover.
*[http://andoverhistorical.org/ Andover Historical Society]<br style="clear:both;" />
 
 
'''1833''' - Town Meeting voted the sum of $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street.
 
1855 - The town splits.  North Andover gets two fire engines; Andover gets one.
 
'''1862''' - The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.
 
'''1882''' - A new fire station was built behind the Town Hall on Main Street


'''1895''' - The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.


See
See
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=ANDOVER%20CENTURY%20OF%20CHANGE&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=3&rt=keyword ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
* "William H. Foster, 55, Painter of Wildllife", "''New York Times''" Saturday, November 1, 1941.
 
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/eg/opac/record/243626?query=new%20england%20grouse%20shooting;qtype=keyword;fi%3Asearch_format=;locg=5 "New England Grouse Shooting"] by William Harnden Foster, 1941
* [http://preservation.mhl.org/71-chestnut-steet 71 Chestnut Street (Andover Historic Preservation)]
* Examples of his work 
** [http://www.legendaryauctions.com/william_h__foster__1886_1941_-lot26019.aspx]
** [https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/4475089_william-hfosternew-england-grouse-shooting]
** [http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-harnden-foster/past-auction-results]


[[Image:Andover_Town_Hall.jpg|thumb|...''The Andover Central Fire Station, circa 1910''.... click to enlarge|left]]
<br style="clear:both;" />
<br style="clear:both;" />


See
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 15:15, 20 November 2015 (EST)
*"Postcards from home," ''Andover Townsman'', December 25, 2014, p. 16. <br>
<br>--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 11:25, 10 December 2015 (EST)
 
 
'''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."
 
See
* "1924," [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=Andover%20what%20it%20was&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av=Andover, What It Was, What It Is: 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946], (974.45 And)
 
 
'''1966''' - A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.
 
See
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=ANDOVER%20CENTURY%20OF%20CHANGE&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=3&rt=keyword''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
 


'''1997'''<br>
The Fire Department bought a hovercraft to aid water/ ice rescues.
See
*"Fire Department Will Hover to the Rescue",'' Townsman'', August 28, 1997, page 1.
'''2002''' <br>
In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and construction was begun on the [[Andover Public Safety Center]] to house both fire and police. 
'''2006''' -  There are three fire stations in Andover:
* Central Headquarters at 32 Main Street
* West Fire Substation at 200 Greenwood Road
* Ballardvale Fire Substation at 1 Clark Road
See
*  [http://www.andoverps.net/fire/ Andover Fire Rescue]
*"Decisions Await", ''Andover Townsman'', July 10, 2008, page 1.
*"Andover Mulls the Future of Ballardvale Fire Station", ''Eagle Tribune'', March 17, 2009, page 1 and 4.
*"Vote a Step Toward Replacing Ballardvale Fire Station", ''Andover Townsman'', June 4, 2009, page 5.
*"Two sites eyed in final Ballardvale fire station plan," ''Andover Townsman'', October 10, 2013, p. 1.
*"New options for Ballardvale fire station," ''Andover Townsman'', 6 February 2014, p. 1.
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 15:34, August 23, 2006 (EDT)<br style="clear:both;" />
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 15:05, 5 November 2015 (EST)
back to [[Main Page|Main Page]]
back to [[Main Page|Main Page]]
[[Category:Andover Answers Index]]
[[Category:Andover Answers Index]]
<br style="clear:both;" />

Revision as of 13:01, 10 December 2015

Illustrator William H. Foster, 1886 - 1941, works were featured in several magazines including, Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Monthly. He was the editor of two magazines: National Sportsman and Hunting and Fishing. and a pioneer in the development of skeet shooting. Laterin life he painted bird dogs. The Purina Top Coverdog of the Year Award is presented in his honor.

His home at 71 Chestnut Street is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Andover.


See


--Eleanor (talk) 15:15, 20 November 2015 (EST)
--Eleanor (talk) 11:25, 10 December 2015 (EST)

back to Main Page

Retrieved from "https://answers.mhl.org/index.php?title=Fire_Department_/_Fire_Stations&oldid=8889"