The Lawrence Public Library is a
public library
A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...
located in
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 89,143. Surrounding communities include Methuen, Massachusetts, Methuen ...
. It serves the City of Lawrence, and, through its membership in the Merrimac Valley Library Consortium (MVLC), all of the citizens of the MVLC multi-municipality regional library system. It is governed by a board of trustees consisting of seven members. The library was first opened to the public as a Free Public Library in 1892. The
original library building was designed by George G. Adams and is located at the corner of Hampshire and Haverill streets.
Main Library Building
The current Main Library Building, at the corner of Lawrence and Haverhill Streets, was completed in 1973. It was designed by the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 United States census, ...
architectural firm of
Henneberg & Henneberg, and is considered a typical example of the Modernist
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...
style.
See also
*
List of brutalist structures
References
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Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts
Public libraries in Massachusetts
Library buildings completed in 1973
1973 establishments in Massachusetts
1970s architecture in the United States
Brutalist architecture in Massachusetts