Oak Grove Cemetery (Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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Oak Grove Cemetery | |
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| Location | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°37′10″N 70°40′14″W / 42.61944°N 70.67056°WCoordinates: 42°37′10″N 70°40′14″W / 42.61944°N 70.67056°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architect | Cleveland,Horace William Shaler; Copeland,Robert Morris |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1975 |
The Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery, founded in 1854, which is bounded by Derby, Washington, and Grove Sts., and Maplewood Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The cemetery was founded by a group of local businessmen who sought to establish a cemetery in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. They hired landscape architects Robert Morris Copeland and Horace William Shaler Cleveland to lay out a series of winding lanes. The Bradford Chapel was built through a bequest by George R. Bradford, another local businessman, and built in 1903-04. The cemetery is still privately owned, and has grown over time to occupy 11 acres (4.5 ha).[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Community Preservation Act Application (Rehabilitation and Restoration of Oak Grove Cemetery)". City of Gloucester. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
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