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Lynn Public Library. 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 ...
The Thomas Crane Public Library was built in four stages: the original building (1882) by architect Henry Hobson Richardson; an additional ell with stack space and stained glass (1908) by William Martin Aiken in Richardson's style; a major expansion (1939) by architects Paul A. and Carroll Coletti, with stone carvings by sculptor Joseph Coletti of Quincy; and a recent addition (2001) by Boston ...
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.
GNIS feature ID. 0613376. Website. www.lynnma.gov. 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.
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) Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) SAILS Library Network (SAILS)
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 ...
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 ...
Chase Library is the public library of West Harwich, Massachusetts. It is located in a small architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building constructed in 1911. Efforts to build a library in West Harwich began in 1901, and reached fruition in 1906, with the gift of the home of Caleb Chase, a Harwich native who was son of a major local ...