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''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 1919, page 7.....click to enlarge ]] | ''Andover Townsman'', December 5, 1919, page 7.....click to enlarge ]] | ||
[[File:elmsquare1.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Elm Square before 1919]] <br style="clear:both;" /> | |||
This photo is from the ''Townsman'', August 21, 2003 "Past and Present" | |||
[[Image:elm3.jpg|thumb|...Elm Square before the tree before it was removed.... click to enlarge|left]] | [[Image:elm3.jpg|thumb|...Elm Square before the tree before it was removed.... click to enlarge|left]] | ||
[[Image:Musgrove_Building,_1894.jpg|thumb|...''The Musgrove Building, Elm Square, circa 1894''.... click to enlarge|left]] | [[Image:Musgrove_Building,_1894.jpg|thumb|...''The Musgrove Building, Elm Square, circa 1894''.... click to enlarge|left]] | ||
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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, pages 10 and 134 (974.45 Ric).
- "The Elm House" in Andover, What It Was, What It Is. : 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946, (974.45 And).
- Elm Square: the photographs of Richard Graber, 1962-1969/with an introduction by Howard Yezerski, text by Richard Graber, and recollections of the people of the Town of Andover by Richard Graber (Andover Room R 974.45 Gra).
- Attached article, "Elm Square Part of the Problem," Andover Townsman, November 2, 2000.

- Attached article, "Centennial Elm Removed," by Charlotte Abbott Andover, Townsman December 5, 1919.
“Centenennial Elm Removed, Andover Townsman, December 5, 1919, page 1.....click to enlarge



This photo is from the Townsman, August 21, 2003 "Past and Present"

