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Lawrence Street Cemetery
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| Location: | Methuen, Massachusetts |
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| Built: | 1832 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian, Other |
| Governing body: | Local |
| MPS: | Methuen MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
84002399 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 20, 1984 |
Lawrence Street Cemetery or more commonly known as "the Village Burying Ground", is a historic cemetery on Lawrence Street in Methuen, Massachusetts.
Methuen's third oldest cemetery, it was founded in 1832 when the center of town was shifted west from Meeting House Hill to Gaunt Square. Late in the 19th century, wealthy industrialist Edward Searles built the 8 foot granite wall on the sides facing his estate. In the cemetery rests Searles siblings, parents and wife Mary Hopkins Searles.
It was added to the National Historic Register in 1984.
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