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[[Image:Elmsquare.jpg|thumb||left| “Elm Square Part of the Problem"  
[[Image:Elmsquare.jpg|thumb||left| “Elm Square Part of the Problem"  
''Andover Townsman'', November 2, 2000.....click to enlarge ]]
''Andover Townsman'', November 2, 2000.....click to enlarge ]]
<p>Attached article "Andover, Townsman" December 5, 1919 by Charlotte Abbott
[[Image:elmpage1.jpg|thumb||left| “Centenennial Elm Removed,''
''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 1919, page 1.....click to enlarge ]]
[[Image:elmpage5.jpg|thumb||left| “Centennial Elm Removed,''
''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 1919, page 5.....click to enlarge ]]
[[Image:elmpage7.jpg|thumb||left| “Centennial Elm Removed,''
''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 1919, page 7.....click to enlarge ]]</p>




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Elm Square was named after the Centennial Elm in it's center. There are seven approaches to the intersection and until 1934 a trolley ran through the intersection. The tree was removed in 1919 because it was determined to be a traffic hazard.

  • See

Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), pages 10 and 134.

Attached article, Andover Townsman, November 2, 2000

“Elm Square Part of the Problem" Andover Townsman, November 2, 2000.....click to enlarge



Attached article "Andover, Townsman" December 5, 1919 by Charlotte Abbott

“Centenennial Elm Removed, Andover Townsman, December 5, 1919, page 1.....click to enlarge
“Centennial Elm Removed, Andover Townsman, December 5, 1919, page 5.....click to enlarge
“Centennial Elm Removed, Andover Townsman, December 5, 1919, page 7.....click to enlarge


...Elm Square before the tree before it was removed.... click to enlarge


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