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The Lynn Public Library building is a historic library at Five North Common Street in
Lynn, Massachusetts Lynn is the eighth-largest List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line ...
. Although library services were offered in Lynn as early 1815, it was not until a bequest in 1896 that the city began planning a permanent home for the growing collection. After some controversy, library trustees chose a Renaissance Revival design by local architect George A. Moore, who happened to be related to one of the library trustees. Controversy also attended the size and scale of the building, along with the removal of trees at its site on the
town common Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect Wood fuel, wood, or to cut turf for fuel. ...
. It was completed at a cost of $175,000, which included no public funding. Construction of the library began in 1898 and it was opened in 1900. In 1900 the library commissioned the first mural of
F. Luis Mora Francis Luis Mora (July 27, 1874 – June 5, 1940) was a Uruguayan-born American figural painter. Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite; and etchings and monotypes. He is known for his paint ...
, a prominent
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artist. The library was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1979, and included in the
Lynn Common Historic District The Lynn Common Historic District encompasses the town common of Lynn, Massachusetts and the surrounding buildings which face it. Although its establishment dates to the late 17th century, the area's time of development is predominantly in th ...
in 1992.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lynn, Massachusetts, United Stat ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts This list is of that portion of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County, Massachusetts. The locations of these properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordin ...


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Library buildings completed in 1898 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Lynn, Massachusetts Education in Lynn, Massachusetts Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts Public libraries in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Lynn, Massachusetts Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts {{EssexCountyMA-NRHP-stub