Old Public Library

Old Public Library
Location Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′34″N 71°10′5″W / 42.70944°N 71.16806°WCoordinates: 42°42′34″N 71°10′5″W / 42.70944°N 71.16806°W
Built 1890
Architect Adams,George C.
Architectural style Other, Romanesque
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference #

78000452

[1]
Added to NRHP November 28, 1978

The Old Public Library is a historic library building at 190 Hampshire Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure was built in 1892 to a design by George G. Adams, a leading architect of public buildings in New England. The building is predominantly brownstone, with terracotta trim bands, an irregular and asymmetric massing with a tower, and its entrance recessed in an archway. It served as Lawrence's public library until 1973.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Lawrence Old Public Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-04.