Andover Historical Society - Connecticut

05/15/2024

A couple of recently acquired images - Willie and Lillian Heron's gas station and lunch room at the corning of Route 6 and Hendee Rd. Willie leased the property. The rent was 1 cent for every gallon of gas sold, plus up-keep of the facilities. First image is Lillian, Willie and Florence Rider. Second image has Egbert Sr, Florence and son Frank Rider (who's son David provided the images).

07/08/2023

A new video is now available on our u-Tube channel - AndoverHistoricalSociety - Connecticut
It is a recoding of the talk I did for the 175th Anniversary Committee on interesting buildings both past and present.

Some of Andover's interesting buildings, both past and present, and their stories.

11/14/2022

I recently sat down with Dianne Grenier to talk about her coming to Andover and her subsequent volunteer efforts and experiences, focusing on her contributions to Andover. The interview is available for viewing on YouTube under the historical society channel - Andover Historical Society - Connecticut
Here is the direct link for anyone interested - warning, the entire interview is 3 hrs lol.

Interview with Dianne Grenier 10/2022 - 3 hrs

04/07/2022

On September 28th, 1992, the State began dismantling the RR overpass on Route 316. The overpass was constructed in 1848, upgraded with heavier duty girders and rails in 1912, and saw rail traffic until the very early 1970s. Beginning in the mid 1990s, the rail bed was cleared and became a popular multi-use trail, but the gap the removal of this bridge created essentially divided the trail into two parts with a difficult passage between the two segments. It was not until 19 years and 6 months later, March, 31, 2012 (10 years ago) that the new covered bridge would fill this gap.

03/02/2022

As we get closer to Spring, here's a great program we have coming up at the Town Hall next week. See you on March 9th? Hope so!

01/31/2022

In 1955, at age 16, Charles "Chuck" Skoog dove into Andover Lake and broke his neck. This left Chuck confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life. In order to help Chuck and his family, town residents organized a number of fund raising events. One such event was hosting a motor cycle rodeo of sorts put on by the Iron Bronc's motor cycle club. This demonstration was held at the relatively new Elementary School.

01/18/2022

01/09/2022

When the brook through Cheney Hollow was dammed in 1927 to form Andover Lake, the barn that served the farm was retained and came into the possession of ALMA when it was created in the 1950s. ALPOA used the barn for many social activities including dinners, dances, and movie and bingo nights. Here are a couple of images from a July, 1955 Cornish Hen dinner. In the second photo I recognize Imodale and Donald Richards almost dead center. Does anyone recognize anyone else?

10/21/2021

Check out the night time view of the museum. The newly installed lights really make for nice after dark viewing.