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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.^[2] Only 13 remain nationwide, and only this one in Massachusetts.^[3]

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.^[4]

It is now the Grand Army of the Republic Museum.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Grand Army of the Republic Museum". City of Lynn Massachusetts. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
^ Joanne S. Foley (October 1995). Lynn. Arcadia Publishing (published 1995-10-01). p. 96. ISBN 9780738572413. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
^ 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. 1886. p. 52. Retrieved 2019-07-19.

External links

Grand Army of the Republic Museum Virtual Tour Panoramas Archived 2018-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
Grand Army of the Republic Museum Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
National Register listings for Essex County
Civil War Round Table GAR Hall page Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
Library of Congress list of GAR posts by state
Archiplanet listing Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[City_Page-2] "Grand Army of the Republic Museum". City of Lynn Massachusetts. Retrieved 2019-09-26.

[Foley-3] Joanne S. Foley (October 1995). Lynn. Arcadia Publishing (published 1995-10-01). p. 96. ISBN 9780738572413. Retrieved 2019-09-26.

[4] 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. 1886. p. 52. Retrieved 2019-07-19.

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