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The [https://www.andover-baptist-church.org/ Andover Baptist Church] was formed in 1833. The building was erected in 1834. To finance the building the basement was mortgaged to the grocer T. A. Holt. In 1923 the Church bought the mortgage and remodeled the space for Sunday School rooms.  
*The November Club was the first women's club in Andover. It was formed in 1889 after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.


The Rev. Lyndon Myers was installed in 2004.
*The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
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[[File:AndoverBaptistChurch.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Andover Baptist Church from Andover Townsman, Past and Present, June 2, 2005]]
*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
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*The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
*By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church.  The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.


See
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*"New leader - and followers - for one of town's oldest churches," ''Andover Townsman'', August 19, 2004, p. 1.
*Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
*"Once on the verge of closing, Andover Baptist reaches 175 years," ''Eagle Tribune'', August 24, 2007, p. 1.
*"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
*"Minister helped parish climb back," ''Andover Townsman'', September 6, 2007, p. 9.
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1985-12-05.pdf Church Buys a Bit of History] by Susan K. O'Neill  ''Andover Townsman'' December 5, 1985, p.55
*"Prayers come in for recovering church pastor," ''Andover Townsman'', January 8, 2009, p. 1.
*"A Happy 180th Andover Baptist Church: Town's second oldest spiritual home stands devoted to original mission," ''Andover Townsman'', November 20, 2014, p. 13.
 
 
 
For a complete list of Andover Churches see [http://www.mhl.org/andover/churches.htm Houses of Worship in Andover]
 


*November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967, in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library.Digital Copies of the November Club Yearbooks may be accessed online: https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one
[ttps://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one November Club Yearbooks]


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  • The November Club was the first women's club in Andover. It was formed in 1889 after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.
  • The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
  • In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
  • The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
  • By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church. The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.

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  • Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. Andover Townsman January 19, 2012. p.8.
  • "Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", The Townsman, May 30, 2013, page 13.
  • Church Buys a Bit of History by Susan K. O'Neill Andover Townsman December 5, 1985, p.55

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