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Mount Auburn Cemetery. Mary Baker Eddy. Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 312. Source citation. Religious Leader. Founder of Christian Science. Born Mary Morse Baker in Bow, New Hampshire, the youngest of Mark and Abigail Baker's six children.
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Mount Auburn contains 175 acres of land and more than 10 miles of roads and paths. 94,000 people are buried here. This view shows the Mary Baker Eddy Monument in the center. August 2005
Apr 1, 2014 · Among the more impressive monuments in Mount Auburn is Eddy’s memorial. How did she come to be buried there? How was the memorial designed and constructed? It was in the summer of 1908 that Eddy apparently decided on Mount Auburn Cemetery as the site for her own burial.
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.
In 1910, Mary Baker Eddy’s casket was held here while her monument was constructed. The receiving tomb remained in use until 1973 when it was demolished to make room for Auburn Court Crypts.
Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy follows close behind. Her memorial, a white granite neoclassical temple on the edge of Halcyon Lake, was inspired by the Tower of the Winds in Athens, and required 34 marble carvers to complete in 1917.
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Aug 6, 2023 · Mary lived in or near Boston, Massachusetts for the rest of her life, the beloved Mother and Grandmother of her family, and the beloved matriarch of the Christian Science Church. Mary passed away 3 December 1910 at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sources
