Andover Artist - Howard Ames Coon

Howard Ames Coon was borne on May 7, 1890 in DeRuter, New York. Mr. Coon studied art at the Rhode Island School of Desig and moved to Ballardvale in 1930. He taught art and Abbott Academy. Mr. Coon's brother Raymond Coon was an accomplished pianist at taught music at Abbot Academy. Several of Howard Ames Coon's (1890-1997) watercolors hang in Memorial Hall Library, including Benjamin Abbot's Homestead Rose Cottage and Ballardvale.

One of Mr. Coon's paintings hung for many years in the office of Henry Morganthau, Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. It was comissioned by the United States Government. In addition, Mr. Coon painted an extensive mural in the chapel at Fort Warren, Massachusetts.

Mr. Coon was married at the Searles Estate in Windham, NH to the former Helen Ryder. They had four children: Eleanor, Arthur, Rowen and Howard Jr. Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Arthur Frederick Ryder , owner of Ryder's Drugstore which stood for many years on the corner of Essex Street and Broadway in Lawrence.

See

• "Library Brushes Up Art Work", Townsman, October 3, 1991.

--Eleanor 12:13, September 28, 2011 (EDT)
--Eleanor (talk) 11:54, 10 March 2016 (EST)

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