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Construction of the library began in 1898 and it was opened in 1900. [2] In 1900 the library commissioned the first mural of F. Luis Mora , a prominent Hispanic American artist. The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, [ 1 ] and included in the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992.
Free public library buildings of Massachusetts: a roll of honor, 1918. Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919 Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919 External links
The G.A.R. Hall and Museum is a historic museum at 58 Andrew Street in Lynn, Massachusetts.. The four story Romanesque brick building was built in 1885 by contractor Frank G. Kelly [3] to the design of the Lynn firm Wheeler & Northend for the General Frederick W. Lander Post 5 of the Grand Army of the Republic, an American Civil War veterans organization.
Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, [8] and the largest city in Essex County.Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core [9] and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.
By 1953 Hall County and Lumpkin County decided to make a joint library consortium to pool their collections together and began the Chestatee Regional Library System. [7] Now, with heightened need for a dedicated library building, the town voted on a budget in 1956 to build a new library but it was vetoed by the county judge.
A number of Lynn's significant civic and religious buildings lie within the district. The main library building is separately listed on the National Register, as are the armory, and St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church. [2] The Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium building lies just off the common to the east.
Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton, a longtime associate of the Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant. [2] Funding was provided by a number of leading local businessmen, and construction was by the firm of Abbott & Jenkins.
It is located at Three City Hall Square. [2] The building was constructed in 1948-49 by the M.A. Dyer Company and John Bowen Company. Lynn's mayor Albert Cole was the driving force behind the design and construction of the building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]