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Lawrence City Hall: Nominator: Non-partisan nominating petition: Appointer: Popular vote: Term length: Four years: Constituting instrument: Lawrence City Charter: Precursor: Lawrence Board of Selectmen (1847-1853) Formation: 1853: First holder: Charles Storer Storrow: Website: www.cityoflawrence.com /27 /Office-of-The-Mayor
Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 census , the city had a population of 89,143. [ 2 ] Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the east.
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Greensboro was founded circa 1780; in 1787, it was designated the seat of the newly formed Greene County. It was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1855. [4] The city was named for Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the rebel American forces at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. [5]
That year, the B&M set a land speed record for railed vehicles by operating the first authenticated 60 mph (96.6 km/h) train, The Antelope, from Boston to Lawrence, travelling 26 miles in 26 minutes. [4] The first station in Lawrence, South Lawrence, was a wooden structure built in 1848 just north of Salem Street.
The Downtown Lawrence Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by MA 110, Methuen, Lawrence and Jackson Streets in Lawrence, Massachusetts.The district encompasses the historic civic and commercial heart of the city, with a series of commercial and civic building built mainly between 1880 and 1920, as well as the Campagnone Common, one of the city's largest public parks.
Work on these two major features was completed in 1848, and development of the city, which formally incorporated in 1853, proceeded from there. The historic district encompasses, in addition to the canal and the dam, the mill-related buildings on the island and on the north side of the canal, as well as a few buildings that front on Methuen and ...
The High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, colloquially known as the Tower Hill Tower, is a public water supply facility off Massachusetts Route 110 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [2] The reservoir was constructed in 1874–75 to provide the city's public water supply, with a gatehouse designed by Charles T. Emerson, a Lawrence architect. [3]