Lawrence Street Cemetery
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| Location | Methuen, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°WCoordinates: 42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W |
| 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 |
The 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.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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Sign Lawrence Street Cemetery Front Gate, no longer in use
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Lawrence Street Cemetery
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Sign Lawrence Street Cemetery
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination of Lawrence Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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