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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. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1978.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence, Massachusetts The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence, Massachu ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts


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Library buildings completed in 1890 Buildings and structures in Lawrence, Massachusetts Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence, Massachusetts {{EssexCountyMA-NRHP-stub