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(Not to be confused with Shawsheen School in neighboring Wilmington, Massachusetts)
Dedicated in November of 1930, The St. Francis Seminary, a Catholic school to train boys for the priesthood, was built on River Road near the Tewksbury line. The seminary was closed in 1977.  The building then became part of the Franciscan Retreat and Conference Center.  
The Shawsheen School is located at 18 Ann's Lane in Andover on land donated from William Wood, President of American Woolen Company.


The school opened in 1924 as a Kindergarten through 5th grade elementary school. The school ceased to operate for a short time beginning in 1980 when it served as school administration offices. The school administration offices moved out of the Shawsheen building and into the former East Junior High School facilities in late 1983.
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* "St. Francis Seminary Lights Drew Thousands of Onlookers,"'' Andover Townsman'', December 18, 2008.


In 1994, referred to as Shawsheen Integrated Primary School. [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1993ando/page/12/mode/2up?q=shawsheen]
*[http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/x528363060/Elderly-housing-proposal-considered-for-River-Road/print Elderly Housing Proposal Considered for River Road, Franciscan Center Land.  ] ''Andover Townsman'' May 12, 2011


On opening in 1924, the Annual School Committee Report referred to it as Shawsheen Village School.


In September of 1984, the Early Childhood Center at Shawsheen School opened as a central kindergarten and preschool for the district. In the 1989 -1990 Annual School Report, Early Childhood Center at Shawsheen was referenced as being it its "sixth year" of operating "Andover's central kindergarten program." [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofsc1989ando]
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[[Image:stfrancis.jpg|200px|thumb|left|St Francis Seminary.]]


The 1994 Andover Town Report refers to Shawsheen Integrated Primary Magnet School. [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1994ando/page/76/mode/2up?q=shawsheen]






With Christmas Lights - A popular holiday sight form the mid-1930's to the mid-1960's
''Andover Townsman'', December 25, 2014, page 14.




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-- [https://preservation.mhl.org/439-river-rd 459 River Road, Andover Historic Preservation Profile.]
 
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*''Shawsheen Elementary through the years'' [https://www.andovertownsman.com/news/shawsheen-elementary-through-the-years/article_cc2b6fe8-d9ef-5a2f-8a4e-a5c2e24a9b7c.html Andover Townsman] June 24, 2015
--[[User:Stephanie|Stephanie]] ([[User talk:Stephanie|talk]]) 11:13, 6 July 2021 (EDT)
*"Shawsheen School to convert to Early Childhood Center" Andover Townsman January 12, 1984.[https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1984-01-12.pdf]


*''18 Ann's Lane'' [https://preservation.mhl.org/18-anns-lane Andover Preservation Commission Database ]
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 15:53, August 17, 2011 (EDT)<br>
--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 16:23, July 31, 2012 (EDT)<br>
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 15:33, 22 January 2016 (EST)


--[[User:Stephanie|Stephanie]] ([[User talk:Stephanie|talk]]) 10:21, 2 April 2021 (EDT)
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Dedicated in November of 1930, The St. Francis Seminary, a Catholic school to train boys for the priesthood, was built on River Road near the Tewksbury line. The seminary was closed in 1977. The building then became part of the Franciscan Retreat and Conference Center.

See

  • "St. Francis Seminary Lights Drew Thousands of Onlookers," Andover Townsman, December 18, 2008.



St Francis Seminary.



With Christmas Lights - A popular holiday sight form the mid-1930's to the mid-1960's Andover Townsman, December 25, 2014, page 14.




See -- 459 River Road, Andover Historic Preservation Profile.


--Stephanie (talk) 11:13, 6 July 2021 (EDT)

--Eleanor 15:53, August 17, 2011 (EDT)
--Leslie 16:23, July 31, 2012 (EDT)
--Eleanor (talk) 15:33, 22 January 2016 (EST)

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