Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Lynn, Massachusetts) explained

G.A.R. Hall and Museum
Location:58 Andrew St., Lynn, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.4628°N -70.9481°W
Built:1885
Architect:Wheeler & Northend
Frank Kelly
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:May 07, 1979
Refnum:79000331

The Grand Army of the Republic Hall, also known as the General Frederick W. Lander Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, is an historic building located at 58 Andrew Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, in the United States.

The hall was built in 1885 by members of the Grand Army of the Republic as a meeting hall and memorial to the Union Army veterans of the Civil War. Of many such halls built in the country, the Lynn GAR Hall is the largest.[1] Only 13 remain nationwide, and only this one in Massachusetts.[2]

On May 7, 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The hall is now the Grand Army of the Republic Museum.

History

The hall was the meeting place of the General Frederick W. Lander Post No. 5, which was one of 210 GAR posts in Massachusetts. It was designed by Wheeler & Northend, Lynn architects.[3]

It is now the Grand Army of the Republic Museum.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Grand Army of the Republic Museum . City of Lynn Massachusetts . 2019-09-26 . 2019-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005040941/http://www.lynnma.gov/about/gar.shtml . dead .
  2. Book: 1995-10-01 . Lynn . Arcadia Publishing . Joanne S. Foley . October 1995 . 96 . 9780738572413 . 2019-09-26.
  3. Book: 1886 . Industries of Massachusetts: Historical and Descriptive Review of Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, Gloucester, Newburyport, and Amesbury, and their leading Manufacturers and Merchants. . International Publishing Co. . 52 . 2019-07-19.