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A PLACE OF INSPIRATIONAL BEAUTY and COMFORT. Founded in 1831, Mount Auburn’s mission has always been to inspire all who visit, comfort the bereaved, and commemorate the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty.
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.
Each year, more than 200,000 visitors of all ages come to commune with nature, explore our landscape, participate in a program, and visit the graves of those remembered here. Come discover for yourself what makes Mount Auburn a national treasure.
Aug 28, 2020 · Mount Auburn Cemetery is located at 580 Mount Auburn St. in Watertown and Cambridge, MA. It has been designated a National Historic Landmark. For more information, visit the Mount Auburn Cemetery website.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a singular treasure, a place where history and beauty meet memory and nature. Whether you come to birdwatch, enjoy the ever-changing landscape, admire the monuments, or enjoy a contemplative moment in this urban oasis, Mount Auburn is here for you.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is committed to providing elegant and tranquil burial space in harmony with our landscape. Burial space options include conventional casket graves, natural burial graves, and space for the burial of cremated remains, with a range of memorial styles.
More than 3,500 linear feet of records, photographs, books, and objects document Mount Auburn’s role as an active cemetery, significant cultural institution, and National Historic Landmark.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 5,845 likes · 431 talking about this · 11,105 were here. Celebrating the many facets of Mount Auburn Cemetery, America's first landscaped cemetery.
It is true that Mount Auburn is first and foremost a cemetery, but it is also a National Historic Landmark, a botanical garden, an outdoor museum of art and architecture, and an important habitat for urban wildlife. Discover for yourself what makes this place so special!
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...
