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The Lynn Public Library building is a historic library at Five North Common Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. 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 ...
Pleasant Streetc.1906. Malden is a hilly woodland area north of the Mystic River that was settled by Puritans in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the Pennacook tribe, with a further grant in 1639 by the Squaw Sachem of Mistick and her husband Webcowet. [ 3 ] The area was originally called the "Mistick Side" [ 4 ] and was a part of Charlestown.
The Lynn Common Historic District encompasses the town common of Lynn, Massachusetts and the surrounding buildings which face it. Although its establishment dates to the late 17th century, the area's time of development is predominantly in the 19th century, when the common was transformed into a park. The common is an elongated grassy area ...
Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, [8] and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs , Lynn is part of Greater Boston 's urban inner core.
Website. www.edgartown-ma.us. Edgartown is a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, for which it is the county seat. The town's population was 5,168 at the 2020 census. [ 1 ] It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved.
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)
Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton, a longtime associate of the Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant. [ 2] Funding was provided by a number of leading local businessmen, and construction was by the firm of Abbott & Jenkins.
88000909 [ 1] Added to NRHP. June 23, 1988. The Melrose Public Library is a historic library at 69 W. Emerson Street in Melrose, Massachusetts. The original T-shaped building was built in 1904, and is a two-story Colonial Revival structure faced in brick with limestone trim. It was built with funds contributed by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie ...