Old Public Library

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| name = Old Public Library

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| image = Old Public Library, Lawrence, MA.jpg

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| location = 190 Hampshire St.,
Lawrence, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42|42|34|N|71|10|5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA

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| built = 1890

| architect = George G. Adams

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = November 28, 1978

| refnum = 78000452{{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Old Public Library is a historic library building in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure was built in 1892 to a design by George G. Adams, a leading architect of public buildings in New England. The building is predominantly brownstone, with terracotta trim bands, an irregular and asymmetric massing with a tower, and its entrance recessed in an archway. It served as Lawrence's public library until 1973 when a new library building was built.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=law.81|title=MACRIS inventory record for Lawrence Old Public Library|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-01-04}}

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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