Browse through binders of the Society’s photograph collection and discover images of Andover
The Society stewards a collection of over 17,000 photographs documenting the history of Andover. Since 2005, we’ve had an ongoing project to scan all the images and enter the electronic file into our collections database. Volunteer Viggie Johnson has been working on this project for the past few years, working her way through the
48 Chestnut Street, (AHS#1992.100.17)
“Streets & Structures” files. Printed copies of all the scanned photographs are available for browsing in easily accessible binders, while the originals are now stored safely in the archives. Stop by, ask a staff member to show you the photo binders, and browse. Find an image of Andover you like? We can print a copy of the photograph for you.
The Society’s library and archives are open every Tuesday through Saturday 10:00-4:00.
Today’s photograph is actually two photographs of 16 Central Street, which was razed in 1912. It stood where the Bank of America parking lot is today. The house, built by Mark Newman circa 1766, is very similar to 2 Chestnut Street, the Kneeland-Marland House, also known as Rose Cottage, at 2 Chestnut Street.
16 Central Street was the birth place of Charles Henry Newman in 1872. Charles Newman was a life-long Andover resident and was town photographer from 1891 until his death in 1944. For nearly five decades Charles Newman created a visual record of Andover through photographs of its people, places, and events.
