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Although library services were offered in Lynn as early 1815, it was not until a bequest in 1896 that the city began planning a permanent home for the growing collection. After some controversy, library trustees chose a Renaissance Revival design by local architect George A. Moore, who happened to be related to one of the library trustees.
C/W MARS (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing) List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts; Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Massachusetts Library System; Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) Metro Boston Library Network (MBLN) Minuteman Library Network (MLN) North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
A number of Lynn's significant civic and religious buildings lie within the district. The main library building is separately listed on the National Register, as are the armory, and St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church. [2] The Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium building lies just off the common to the east.
The G.A.R. Hall and Museum is a historic museum at 58 Andrew Street in Lynn, Massachusetts.. The four story Romanesque brick building was built in 1885 by contractor Frank G. Kelly [3] to the design of the Lynn firm Wheeler & Northend for the General Frederick W. Lander Post 5 of the Grand Army of the Republic, an American Civil War veterans organization.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions ...
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The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [ 1 ] Essex County , of which Lynn is a part, is the location of more than 450 properties and districts listed on the National Register.
The Central Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Central Square area of downtown Lynn, Massachusetts.The area is at the confluence of a number of city streets, and includes buildings that border on Central Avenue, Willow Street, Munroe Street, Lake Street, Almont Street. [2]