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Mount Auburn Cemetery comprises 175 acres and is situated in Watertown and Cambridge near Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1831, and now visited by over 200,000 people each year, Mount Auburn is a National Historic Landmark, recognized as the first “rural cemetery” and the inspiration for the American Parks Movement during the 19 th century.
Located in the Westport/Mount Winans community of Baltimore, Mount Auburn Cemetery is one of the city’s largest African American cemeteries. Founded in 1872 by Reverend James Peck, the cemetery is the final resting place for former slaves, clergymen, teachers, doctors, military veterans, and Civil Rights leaders as well as countless African-American families.
Mount Auburn Cemetery. 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 617-547-7105 info@mountauburn.org Contact Us. Hours as of March 29, 2024: Grounds open ...
On a hilly seventy-acre site four miles west of Boston, a new cemetery, unlike any in America, was consecrated in 1831. Derived from the picturesque English landscape garden, Mount Auburn also reflected the influence of Père Lachaise Cemetery, whose melancholic, romantic atmosphere was already attracting crowds in Paris.
Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded in 1895 and consisted of over 100 acres. This memorial park was designed and laid out under the supervision of Mr. O. C. Simonds, renowned landscape architect. It was the first cemetery in the Chicago area to be developed with park-style sections using only flush markers, which resulted in beautiful garden-like ...
580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 617-547-7105 info@mountauburn.org Contact Us
Mount Auburn Cemetery. 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 617-547-7105 info@mountauburn.org Contact Us. Hours as of June 1, 2020: Gates open: 12: ...
