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Location190 Hampshire St.,
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′34″N71°10′5″W / 42.70944°N 71.16806°W / 42.70944; -71.16806
Built1890
Architect George G. Adams
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 78000452 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1978

The Old Public Library is a historic library building 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 when a new library building was built. [2]

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

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References

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