Original Grocery Tenant: A&P
It's a bit hard to see in these pictures, but there's actually a Centennial A&P buried in the middle of this lumber company building. Take a good close look at the section in the middle, between the two yellow towers, and you can make out the former centennial roofline.
The supermarket was originally around 15,000 square feet, and built in 1966 as A&P was expanding nationally with their centennial stores -- so named for their 100th anniversary, which they celebrated in 1959. It closed in 1976. I don't know whether another grocery tenant came in after A&P, but Jackson Lumber -- which now has expanded this facility to upwards of 70,000 square feet -- was open in the building by 1981.
Address: 215 Market St, Lawrence, MA
Opened: 1966
Closed: 1976
Later Tenants: Jackson Lumber (open by 1981)
Photographed: May 15, 2023
Although this A&P has closed, there's still a full supermarket in this area. Tour the America's Food Basket of Lawrence here today also. Tomorrow we're going to head into Haverhill for a look at the Market Baskets in town!
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