Online Exhibit

The name “Main Street” has an iconic, almost mythic status. It elicits images of mom and pop businesses and shops found only in your town, of convenience and comfort in the familiar, and an almost forgotten slower pace of life. It’s a place to meet, to gather, to rally, and to celebrate. Andover’s Main Street has served all these purposes well for over 150 years. Join us as we take a nostalgic look at the Main Street that was and still is, the plans for Main Street that never came to be, and a peek at what the future holds as well.

NEXT: Main Street in the 1800s

Don't have time for the full tour?
Here is a listing of individual pages in the online exhibit.

Main Street in the 1800s
The Evolution of Main Street, U.S.A.
The Andover That Never Was
Women at Work in the Early 1900s
The Barnard Block and the Merchant's Building
The Co-op - At store run by shoppers, for shoppers
Banking on Main Street
Elm Square - Past and Present
 Andover Historical Society and our Neighbors
Andover Town House Area
"Let's Meet for Breakfast at Ford's"
Where did YOU hang out?