MSPCA-Angell History: 1917

Harriet Nevins Donates Rest Farm to the MSPCA

In 1917, the MSPCA opened its first permanent animal shelter at Nevins Farm in Methuen, MA.

Mrs. Harriet Nevins donated the 55-acre rolling pastures — now known as MSPCA-Angell: Nevins Farm — with the intent on the land being used as a rest home for horses and other unwanted or abandoned animals. Her donation was accompanied by a $5,000 bequest toward building construction and the purchase of necessary farm implements and machinery.

The above article was published in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Wednesday April 30, 1997

Nevins Farm before Mrs. Harriett Nevins donated the property to the MSPCA.

Horse ambulance, 1917