Lawrence Street Cemetery

Lawrence Street Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°WCoordinates: 42°43′39″N 71°10′57″W / 42.72750°N 71.18250°W
Built	1832
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Other
MPS	Methuen MRA
NRHP Reference #	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

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "NRHP nomination of Lawrence Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-05.