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Old Public Library

Coordinates: 42°42′34″N 71°10′5″W / 42.70944°N 71.16806°W / 42.70944; -71.16806
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Old Public Library
Old Public Library is located in Massachusetts
Old Public Library
Old Public Library is located in the United States
Old Public Library
Location190 Hampshire St.,
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°42′34″N 71°10′5″W / 42.70944°N 71.16806°W / 42.70944; -71.16806
Built1890
ArchitectGeorge 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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  1. ^ a b "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.