Lawrence Street Cemetery
Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, USA
United States historic place
Lawrence Street Cemetery | |
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42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W / 42.72750; -71.18250 | |
| Built | 1832 |
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| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| MPS | Methuen MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002399[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1984 |
The Lawrence Street Cemetery, or more commonly known as "the Village Burying Ground", is a historic cemetery on Lawrence Street in Methuen, Massachusetts.
Methuen's third oldest cemetery, it was founded in 1832 when the center of town was shifted west from Meeting House Hill to Gaunt Square. Late in the 19th century, wealthy industrialist Edward Searles built the 8 foot granite wall on the sides facing his estate. In the cemetery rests Searles siblings, parents and wife Mary Hopkins Searles.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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Sign Lawrence Street Cemetery Front Gate, no longer in use -
Lawrence Street Cemetery -
Sign Lawrence Street Cemetery
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination of Lawrence Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
External links
Media related to Lawrence Street Cemetery, Methuen at Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Street Cemetery at Find a Grave
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