Lawrence Street Cemetery
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National Register of Historic Places in Methuen, Massachusetts
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.The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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Lawrence Street, Methuen
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Lawrence Street 233
01841 Methuen
Massachusetts, United States
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