The Westerly Burial Ground (also known as Westerly Burying Ground)[2] is an historic cemetery on Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1683, it is Boston's seventh-oldest cemetery, and where the first settlers of the West Roxbury area are buried. It was enlarged in 1832, and 1844, and its last documented burial was in 1962.[3] Eight American Revolutionary War veterans are buried there as well as fifteen veterans of the American Civil War.
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| Location | West Roxbury, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°16′53″N 71°09′31″W / 42.28144°N 71.15855°W |
| Architect | James Foster II, J. N.[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001401[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1987 |
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
See also
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edit- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System Inventory No: BOS.816
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Historic Burying Grounds Initiative". 13 July 2016.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Westerly Burial Ground". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
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Westerly Burying Ground, general view -
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Westerly Burying Ground, close-up 2
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