Old Cemetery

Old Cemetery
Location Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′53″N 71°6′25″W / 42.38139°N 71.10694°W / 42.38139; -71.10694Coordinates: 42°22′53″N 71°6′25″W / 42.38139°N 71.10694°W / 42.38139; -71.10694
Built 1804
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP Reference # 89001301[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1989

The Old Cemetery, also known as the Milk Row Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on Somerville Avenue and School Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. Established in 1804 on land donated by Samuel Tufts, it is the city's oldest cemetery. The cemetery was established when Somerville was still a part of Charlestown, and many Somerville residents used that city's Phipps Street Burying Ground, and later the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge instead of this one. As a result, this cemetery remained small, and was the only one established within the city limits in the 19th century. The American Civil War monument is reputed to be one of the first to be erected in the nation (it was erected in 1863).[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Old Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-04.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.