East Parish Burying Ground
Also known as Centre Street Cemetery
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Newton, Massachusetts 02458 United StatesCoordinates: 42.34152, -71.19201 - 617-796-1000
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It was one of the first to be included in the National Register of Historic Places as an individual site. It is the most important, the most evocative and also the most fragile historic site in the city.
The cemetery sits on approximately 3 acres and contains about 700 gravestones, exclusive of the tombs (which were sealed in 1913). The earliest death date is 1668, the latest 1980.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as NWT.801 East Parish Burial Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Centre Street Cemetery, Newton in the "Vital Records of Newton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
It was one of the first to be included in the National Register of Historic Places as an individual site. It is the most important, the most evocative and also the most fragile historic site in the city.
The cemetery sits on approximately 3 acres and contains about 700 gravestones, exclusive of the tombs (which were sealed in 1913). The earliest death date is 1668, the latest 1980.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as NWT.801 East Parish Burial Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Centre Street Cemetery, Newton in the "Vital Records of Newton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
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- Added: 26 Dec 2002
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1788551
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