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Mount Auburn is a National Historic Landmark and a sacred place of remembrance in Massachusetts. Find burials, events, exhibits, and digital resources online, or visit the grounds during daylight hours.
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580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138...
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
- Exotic Revival, Other, Gothic Revival
- 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- 1831
Massachusetts. Middlesex County. Cambridge. Mount Auburn Cemetery. Added: 1 Jan 2000. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 91241. Bostonians founded Mount Auburn in 1831 for both practical and aesthetic reasons: to solve an urban land use problem created by an increasing number of...
Aug 28, 2020 · Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first landscaped rural or “garden” cemetery in the United States, designed as a resting place and an attraction. It has a 125-foot central hill with panoramic views of Boston and Cambridge, a horticultural garden with over 5,500 trees, shrubs and plants from around the world, and a bird sanctuary. Some famous Bostonians lie buried in Mount Auburn, such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Harriet Lawrence Hemenway.
