Lawrence Street Cemetery

Lawrence Street Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W / 42.72750; -71.18250Coordinates: 42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W / 42.72750; -71.18250
Built	1832
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

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  Lawrence Street Cemetery

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  Sign Lawrence Street Cemetery

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts

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