This photograph, taken in 1911, shows the home of Andrew and Mary Ann Bancroft. They had four sons: George, Charles, Edward, and William. Their only daughter, Mattie, taught school in South Lancaster. The house is situated on Sterling Road opposite Mill Street.
Shown with his groom is Col. John E. Thayer's famous Baron Wilkes. Thayer had a great interest in breeding fine harness horses at his Maplehurst Stock Farm, which was located at the end of a long drive on Goss Lane at the west end of Prescott Street in South Lancaster. To increase interest in fine harness horses, he organized and incorporated the Clinton-Lancaster Driving Park Association, which was located in the Greeley Hill area of Clinton.
The 1927 Lancaster High School basketball team poses for a photograph. From left to right are one of the Laffin twins, Coleman Wilson, Herb Cutler, Craig Wilson, Charlie Green, George Gleezen, John Gilmore, coach Maurice Gregory, and the other Laffin twin.
One of the greatest social projects ever undertaken in Lancaster was completed in 1961. The housing for the elderly state-aided project was called Bigelow Gardens. The dedication service was held on July 25, 1961, and by September of that year, all the new apartments were rented. Today, the complex has a total of 70 housing units. It is located on the site of the English gardens that were part of the Nathaniel Thayer estate.
These boys' baseball team members sit on the south steps of the Center School in Lancaster in the early 20th century. From left to right are the following: (first row) Tom Reiner, Francis Threadgold, unidentified, Tim Reiner, Duncan MacDonald, and Ned Reiner; (second row) Roland Petrie, Alfred Tracy, George Threadgold, Fred "Cy" Jarvis, Doug Anderson, and George "Gidi" Osborne.
Behind the plow on the left is pastor Stanley Steiner at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new college church on Main Street. Before the church was built, the congregation had been using Machlan Auditorium in Haskell Hall for worship services.
By 1955, the new dormitory was well under way. The special building technique required entire floors to be cast in units, then raised and attached to steel beams. One floor unexpectedly collapsed during the process. Though time was lost and finances tight, the building was completed in 1956 and dedicated to Louis E. Lenheim, then president of the Atlantic Union Conference.
This large house, across from the post office on Sawyer Street, was purchased by Advent pioneer S. N. Haskell around 1873. When occupied by his secretary, Irene J. Cady, it held many apartments. In 1973, this house and several other buildings on the block were demolished to provide parking space for the Village Church of Seventh-Day Adventists.
This house, located on the northeast corner of Harvard and Seven Bridge Roads, was built by gentleman farmer Anthony Lane in 1809. He also built a cabinet factory on the northwest corner about 1832 and was known as a man of enterprise and influence in both town and church affairs.