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Almshouse Burial Ground

Also known as Pest House Cemetery , Quarantine Burial Ground on Salem Neck , Contagious Disease Burial Ground

Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Get directions Szetela Lane, Salem, MA 01970

Coordinates: 42.52848, -70.88195
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Established in 1747, this burial site was initially used for smallpox patients from the "Pest House" hospital. An almshouse replaced this hospital in 1816. The burial grounds continue to be used and the Hospital for Contagious Diseases was built next to the almshouse in 1884. The almshouse was razed in 1954 followed by the hospital in the 1980's. During the construction of condominiums on the site, five headstones were reportedly uncovered but it is not known what happened to them. For many years a single slate headstone was the only marker on the site. In 2020, a memorial was dedicated to those that are buried on the site in unmarked graves. The memorial reads:

IN MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO LIVED AND LABORED

AT THE ALMSHOUSES AND HOSPITALS ON THIS LAND

AND IN HONOR OF THOSE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN

WHO ARE QUIETLY RESTING HERE IN UNMARKED GRAVES

DEDICATED 2020

IN MEMORY OF

THOSE WHO LIVED AND LABORED

AT THE ALMSHOUSES AND HOSPITALS ON THIS LAND

AND IN HONOR OF THOSE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN

WHO ARE QUIETLY RESTING HERE IN UNMARKED GRAVES

DEDICATED 2020

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