Lawrence Public Library (Massachusetts)
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Country | United States |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1847 |
Location | 51 Lawrence Street Lawrence, Massachusetts 01841 |
Collection | |
Size | ~100,000 |
Website | www |
The Lawrence Public Library is a public library located in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[1] It serves the City of Lawrence, and, through its membership in the Merrimac Valley Library Consortium (MVLC), all of the citizens of the MVLC multi-municipality regional library system. It is governed by a board of trustees consisting of seven members. The library was first opened to the public as a Free Public Library in 1892. The original library building was designed by George G. Adams, and was located at the corner of Hampshire and Haverill streets.[2]
Main Library Building[]
The current Main Library Building, at the corner of Lawrence and Haverhill Streets, was completed in 1973. It was designed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts architectural firm of , and is considered a typical example of the Modernist Brutalist architecture style.
See also[]
- List of brutalist structures
References[]
- ^ "A Look at Massachusetts' Midcentury Modern Libraries". Boston Magazine. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Our History | Lawrence, MA". www.lawrencefreelibrary.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts
- Public libraries in Massachusetts
- Library buildings completed in 1973
- 1973 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1970s architecture in the United States
- Brutalist architecture in Massachusetts