Andover Central High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Andover, NY)

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FOREWORD ANDOVER E ARLY DAYS Nestled among the h1lls of Allegany IS the vxllage of Andover whlch or1g1nated from a pornon of the town of Independence on January 21 1824 The f1rst pxoneer setthng 1n what IS now the townshlp of Andover was Stephen Cole who lll 1797 had a son Damel the f1rst whlte chxld born tn Allegany County The vlllage of Andover s f1rst 1nhab1tant was Alpheus Baker The f1rst settlers m Andover camemby way of the McHenry valley from Almond and crossed the hxlls to Elm Valley Alpheus Baker assxsted by h1s sons and Joseph Woodruff tn 1810 cut a passage through the woods where the road now leads from Andover to Alfred The mam occupations at IhlS t1me when Andover was called Bakerstown were loggmg and agrxculture as compared to today s da1ry farms and manufacturmg plants One of the fxrst Saw m1lls was located on what IS now the Charles Caple Property At that t1me the vxllage contaxned two log houses and one frame house the property of Asa S Allen who was Andover s f1rst merchant and pastor of the Congregatlonal Church LOIS Strong taught the f1rst school m her father s home m 1819 The f1rst school was bu1lt lil 1822 or 1823 ll was a log structure located on Mam Street The Un1on Graded School a two story wooden burldzng, orgamzed tn 1869 was located near Earl J Allen s present home The gounds extended from the corner of Elm Street to Center Street The next school to be butlt was on the same grounds on the corner a short d1stance above the old school. Th1s buxldmg was used unt1l the constructxon of our present school Then on I une 26 1940 after e1ghteen months of actual constructlon Andover Central School was ded1cated Our bu1ld1ng whlch xs of Colomal archltectural deslgn was erected by L C Whttford Company of Wellsvllle for the sum of 3380 000 We are all justly proud of our school whlch means so much to the pupxls and to the commumty. I . I 0 . . . . . . , , i 9 0 0 1 1 . 1 . , . . . l , . . . g . . . . , . . . . g . - I n . n 1 I D 9 . , , . . , .