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In the late 1880's Moses Stevens connected the Marland Mills - one in Andover, one in Haverhill, and one in North Andover - by telephone.  This was the first telephone in Andover. Moses Stevens had bought Marland Mills from Abraham Marland in 1879.
The Flints were the children of Mr. Tyer, founder of the Tyer Rubber Company.  Their uncle in England, Sir John Musgrove, left his estate to the family.  The Flints bought the Elm Hotel, tore it down, and built the Musgrove Building in 1894.  At the time, it was referred to as a "modern commercial building."


In the 1958 dial telephones came to Andover. The first exchange was Greenleaf (475). Andover originally had a 617 area code. It was first changed to 508 and finally to 978 in 1977.
[[Image:Musgrove_Building,_1894.jpg|thumb|...''The Musgrove Building, circa 1894''.... click to enlarge|left]]


[[File:Musgrove.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Musgrove Building, circa 1960. Picture from the Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July21, 1988]]
[[Image:Musgrove_Building.jpg|thumb|...''Townsman's Past & Present: Musgrove Building''.... click to enlarge|left]]


[[File:Telephone.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Page from the 1904 Andover telephone directory from the Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1933 .]]
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See


*"Arch changes corner into welcoming entrance," ''Eagle Tribune'', June 30, 1996.
*"Past & Present: Musgrove Building," ''Townsman'', April 25, 2013, p. 13.




See
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=103693&t=historical%20sketches%20of%20andover&tp=title&d=0&hc=7&rt=title ''Historical Sketches of Andover''] by Sarah Loring Bailey, (974.45 Bai), p.590
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=andover%20a%20century%20of%20change&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=2&rt=keyword''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), pages 84 and 147.
* "Area Code Changing Again", ''The Townsman'', July 24, 1997.
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The Flints were the children of Mr. Tyer, founder of the Tyer Rubber Company. Their uncle in England, Sir John Musgrove, left his estate to the family. The Flints bought the Elm Hotel, tore it down, and built the Musgrove Building in 1894. At the time, it was referred to as a "modern commercial building."

...The Musgrove Building, circa 1894.... click to enlarge
Musgrove Building, circa 1960. Picture from the Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July21, 1988
...Townsman's Past & Present: Musgrove Building.... click to enlarge


See

  • "Arch changes corner into welcoming entrance," Eagle Tribune, June 30, 1996.
  • "Past & Present: Musgrove Building," Townsman, April 25, 2013, p. 13.



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