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Lawrence Street Cemetery

Coordinates: 42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W / 42.72750; -71.18250
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Lawrence Street Cemetery
Lawrence Street Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Lawrence Street Cemetery
Lawrence Street Cemetery is located in the United States
Lawrence Street Cemetery
LocationMethuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W / 42.72750; -71.18250
Built1832
Architectural styleLate Victorian
MPSMethuen MRA
NRHP reference No.84002399[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination of Lawrence Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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