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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 [9] and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.
One of four registered buildings in Lynn designed by Henry Warren Rogers [6] 14: Lynn Masonic Hall: Lynn Masonic Hall: August 21, 1979 : 64-68 Market St. 15: Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium: Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium
George Hood, the first mayor of Lynn. This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England. [1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850. [2]
Lynn Woods Reservation (founded 1881) is a 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) municipal forest park located in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. [2] The City of Lynn's Department of Public Works, Park Commission and Lynn Water & Sewer Commission share jurisdiction and management of Lynn Woods Reservation.
The Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium is a large Art Deco building that defines the civic heart of Lynn, Massachusetts.The building serves three functions: first, it houses the city's principal offices, including the mayor's office, as well as the chambers of the city council.
Of many such halls built in the country, the Lynn GAR Hall is the largest. [2] Only 13 remain nationwide, and only this one in Massachusetts. [3] On May 7, 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The hall is now the Grand Army of the Republic Museum.
Proceedings in Lynn, Massachusetts, June 17, 1879: being the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement, Published by order of the City Council, 1880, OCLC 4042721, OL 6905493M David Newhall Johnson (1880), Sketches of Lynn: or, the changes of 50 years , Lynn, Mass.: T. P. Nichols, printer, OL 14042347M
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.