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signed into law a bill approving the sale of the armory to a non-profit organization that plans to renovate the facility into apartments for
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
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in the city. It was built in 1893 out of red sandstone to a design by
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Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts
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Essex County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
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National Register of Historic Places in Lynn, Massachusetts
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Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Lynn Armory is located in Massachusetts
Lynn Armory is located in the United States
Lynn, Massachusetts
42°27′48.5″N 70°57′15.5″W / 42.463472°N 70.954306°W / 42.463472; -70.954306
Wheeler & Northend
Lynn Common Historic District
ID92000247
79000332
armory
Lynn, Massachusetts
Romanesque Revival architecture
Wheeler & Northend
National Register of Historic Places
Lynn Common Historic District
Holman K. Wheeler
National Register
Massachusetts Governor
Charlie Baker
military veterans
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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