The Lions Club Stagecoach Participates in the 2019 July 4 Parade
By Larry Chase
Fourth of July 2019 Parade Participants Prepare to Walk the Route
By Larry Chase
Leapin’ Lena Shows Off in 2019 Fourth of July Parade
By Larry Chase
Historian Searches for Information about Mary N. Chase
She lived in Andover from 1899 to the 1940s
By Kent Hackmann
I am writing an essay about Mary N. Chase (1863-1959) and am asking for information about her and those who knew her. She lived in Andover from 1899 through the 1940s and had a significant place in New Hampshire history. She was president of the New Hampshire Suffrage Association (1902-1912), working for the passage of […]
Lions Club Prepares to Build Showcase Home for Stagecoach
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By John Hodgson
The Andover Lions Club, long the proud caretaker of a classic Concord Stagecoach, is now planning to showcase this treasure permanently in a new storage building on the grounds of the Andover Historical Society in Potter Place. For many decades, the Lions Club stagecoach has been a main feature of Andover’s Fourth of July Celebrations, […]
Author Shares First Memory of Andover, New Hampshire
First in a series of "Andover Memories" articles
By Larry Chase
Editor’s Note: The Beacon is encouraging residents to submit a significant memory of life in Andover, or from one of the surrounding towns that perhaps has some connection to Andover. For more information, contact Articles@nullAndoverBeacon.com, or call 603 735-6099. We’d love to hear from you! It was late summer of 1945. World War II had […]
Property Gain Marks Second Half of Andover Historical Society’s 40 Years
Land, freight shed, school house
By Cheryl Swenson
The second half of the Andover Historical Society’s 40 years began with the addition of three new properties. In 2003, the Historical Society accepted a gift of a tract of land on Route 11 from Dalbello Sports Company near what is now the Millennium Moving Company. Two months later, the Historical Society officially accepted the […]
Author Shares A Piece of Andover History from Book “Beech Hill”
By Galen Beale
The Andover Historical Society recently received a donation of 50 journals written by Wendell Elkins, the son of Hervey Elkins, who is the focus of the Beech Hill story. Wendell Elkins grew up on a farm on Beech Hill in Andover. Beech Hill was a closely knit farming community overlooking Mount Kearsarge. The farm was […]
Florence Clarke Gove Celebrates 100th Birthday in July
Request for cards for surprise card shower
By Beryl Gove Sanborn
Note: This article about Florence Clarke Gove was written by Dorothy O. Ford in January of 1997. Florence Gove’s daughter, Beryl Gove Sanborn, asked that it be reprinted in honor of her mother’s 100th birthday this month. At the end, there is information about sending cards to Florence. Florence Clarke was born in North Raynham, […]
Andover Historical Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary
A review of the first 20 years
By Cheryl Swenson
In Potter Place lies a classic Victorian Style rural passenger train station built by the Northern Railroad in 1874. It was an important link to other communities and businesses during its time of operation. Today, the station serves as the headquarters and museum for the Andover Historical Society. This Railroad Station complex is the heart […]