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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 ...
The Lawrence Public Library is a public library located in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [1] It serves the City of Lawrence, and, through its membership in the Merrimac Valley Library Consortium (MVLC), all of the citizens of the MVLC multi-municipality regional library system. It is governed by a board of trustees consisting of seven members.
The former Lawrence Public Library, designed by Adams and completed in 1892. The Essex County Courthouse in Lawrence, completed in 1903. The Montpelier City Hall, completed in 1911. The Masonic Temple in Lawrence, completed in 1923. George G. Adams (August 26, 1850 – November 28, 1932) was an American architect from Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The library was originally established as a subscription-based library in 1854, but changed to a free public library upon the donation of a new building by Andrew Carnegie in 1904. The Carnegie library was the main headquarters of the NEKLS and the main library in Lawrence until 1972 when a new modern library replaced it.
Richardson resolved the problem by creating one-and-a-half-story structures such as the Crane Memorial Library in Quincy, Massachusetts of 1880–83, which were divided into 3 vital sections, a reading room, and stacks flanking an entrance. The Lawrence Library is an adaptation of Richardson's libraries in both style and plan.
National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence, Massachusetts (22 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Lawrence, Massachusetts" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence (Henneberg & Henneberg Architects, 1973) Lincoln House, Lincoln; Mather House, Cambridge (Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbot, 1971) Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center; One Western Avenue, Harvard Business School, Boston [2]: 63 Peabody Terrace
Category: 1970s architecture in the United States. 4 languages. ... Lawrence Public Library (Massachusetts) Leo J. Ryan Federal Building; M. MCI Center (Los Angeles)