Dorchester North Burying Ground
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Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°19′0″N 71°3′52″W / 42.31667°N 71.06444°WCoordinates: 42°19′0″N 71°3′52″W / 42.31667°N 71.06444°W |
Built | 1633 |
NRHP Reference # | 74000915[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 18, 1974 |
The Dorchester North Burying Ground (or "First Burying Ground in Dorchester") is a historic graveyard at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The burial ground was established in 1634, as the front sign reads[2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1981.[3] The burying Ground is surrounded by a wall of concrete, with cut-out sections containing iron fencing along Columbia Road, which replaced a 19th-century decorative iron and granite fence. The original gates still provide entrance and are signified by large commemorative bronze tablets placed by the city in 1883.[4] The site contains over 1200 markers, many of early Dorchester settlers.[5]
See also
- List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
External links
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- City of Boston, Landmarks Commission. Dorchester North Burying Ground Map, 1987
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Photo of Burying Ground Sign". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ Flynn, Raymond L. (1986). Historic Burying Grounds Report And Inventory: October, 1986. Boston: Mayor of Boston; contained in Boston Public Library.
- ↑ "Dorchester North Burying Ground". Find A Grave. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Trees & Gardens – An Upham's Corner Photo Tour 2011 Dorchester North Burying Ground". Upham's Corner News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2012.