Neighborhoods (Lawrence, MA)

 

Designation	Location	Alternative names
Arlington Neighborhood	Park St., Broadway, Methuen, Lawrence St. (includes Arlington Street and Arlington School)	Stevens Village
Back Bay Neighborhood	Prospect St. to Jackson St.
Bull Dog Field	Pine Ridge Rd. (rear of Breen School)
Campagnone Common	Lawrence, Haverhill, Jackson, Common Streets	El parque de las ardillas, Lawrence Common, North Common
Carletonville Neighborhood	Andover St. to Merrimack River (includes Carleton Street)
Cat’s Alley	Connects Prospect St. with High St. (unpaved path)
City Farm	Marston St. to I495	Alms House & Training School
Clover Hill	Fern & Berkeley Sts. (included Clover Hill Hospital)	Graves Hill
Colonial Heights Neighborhood	South Lawrence:  Winthrop Ave. (Rt. 114), South Union Street,  and I495 (just on top of the west Showcase Cinema)
Columbia Park Neighborhood	Haverhill to Endicott Sts.	Only in 1906 atlas
Corporation Reserve	South side of Essex Street downtown Broadway to Union St. (location of large outside events like the circus until the late 1800s)	Cow pasture, fields
Down Street	Terminology used to direct from Prospect Hill, Tower Hill,  and Methuen  to Essex Street
Duck Bridge	Union Street Bridge over the Merrimack River	Lawrence Bridge (toll bridge until 1868)
Dutch Gap Neighborhood	Brook St. to Union St.	German neighborhood
Essex Street Projects Neighborhood	Essex Street, Margin to Winter Streets
Falls Bridge	Bridge over Merrimack River connecting North and South Broadway	Broadway Bridge, O’Leary Bridge, Andover Bridge (toll bridge in early to mid 1800s)
French Canadian Neighborhood	Broadway to West Street to Manchester Street to Haverhill Street (St. Anne’s Church and School)
Gaza Strip	Surrounding Elm St. (St. Joseph and St. Anthony Churches)	Syrian Community
Gen. Donovan Neighborhood	Tremont, Franklin, Cross Streets (Includes General Donovan School)
Grand View Heights Neighborhood	Doyle to Water Sts.	Only in 1906 atlas
Hancock St. Neighborhood	Hancock St.
Italian Neighborhood	Common to Elm ; Jackson to Union Streets (Includes Holy Rosary, Corpus Christi Church)
Heritage Common	Jackson, Oak, Chestnut, Short Streets
Lebanese Neighborhood	Oak to Maple ; Jackson to Hampshire Sts. (St. Joseph and St. Anthony Churches)	Lower East End
Little Belgium Neighborhood	Boys Club area Water St. to the Merrimack River
Lower Tower Hill Neighborhood	Haverhill to Lowell Sts. (includes the Bruce School)	Gale’s Hill, Norcross Pond
Luscomb Corner	South Lawrence: Mt. Vernon Street, North Street, and Greenwood Road	Only in the 1906 atlas
Mechanics Block	Summer, Newbury, Garden, and Union Streets (housing built for overseers in the mills)
Mill District	Broadway to Marston Street; Canal Street to the Merrimack River
Mt. Vernon Neighborhood	South Lawrence: Mt. Vernon Street to Andover border
O’Connell Common	South Lawrence: South Union, Osgood, Market, and Salem Streets	South Common, Union Square
Over City	Direction South Lawrencians went to shop on Essex Street from South Lawrence to North Lawrence
Phillips Hill	South Lawrence on Broadway going up towards Andover
Prospect Hill Neighborhood	Prospect, Marston, and East Haverhill Streets	Poor’s Hill
Sacred Heart/Brookfield St. Neighborhood	South Lawrence: Broadway to Brookfield Street (Sacred Heart Church and School)
Shanty Pond Neighborhood	So Lawrence: just to the east of South Broadway after crossing the river and the South Canal (original location where Irish lived while building the Great Stone Dam)
South Common Central Neighborhood	South Lawrence: Market, Foster,  Bailey, Osgood Streets (around the South Common)
Stadium Projects Neighborhood	S. Lawrence, N. Parish Rd. to Exeter Streets (across from Lawrence High School and the Veterans Memorial Stadium)
Sunset Ridge	North of Fern Street	Only in 1906 atlas
The “Barns”	DPW Yard (1 Auburn Street)
The “Oval”	South Lawrence: south side of Market Street  from Forest Street to just across from Lawrence Pump
The “Patch”	South Lawrence: west of the railroad tracks
The Plains Neighborhood	Marion to Oak Streets; Hampshire to Lawrence Streets (surrounding Plainsmen Park)
Theater Row	Broadway in north Lawrence where several movie theatres were once located (west side of Broadway)
Tower Hill Neighborhood	Emory, Lowell, and Essex Streets and Riverside Drive (surrounds the Water Tower and the Reservoir)	Emory Hill
Turner Hill	Park and Kendrick Streets
Turtle Bay	Area north side of the Merrimack River between Central and Falls Bridges	Pemberton Park
Union Heights Neighborhood	South Lawrence: either side of Union Street between Jamaica and Chatham Streets	Only in 1906 atlas
White Pups Bridge	South Lawrence: Union Street Bridge over the B&M tracks leading into Andover	White Puffs Bridge
Whitman Street Neighborhood	Whitman  and Methuen Streets
Woodland Heights Neighborhood	South Lawrence: Corbett  Street to South Broadway	Only in 1906 atlas