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Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Phone:
+1 617-547-7105

Hours:
Sunday8am - 7pm
Monday8am - 7pm
Tuesday8am - 7pm
Wednesday8am - 7pm
Thursday8am - 7pm
Friday8am - 7pm
Saturday8am - 7pm


Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles west of Boston. It is the burial site of many prominent members of the Boston Brahmins, as well being a National Historic Landmark. Dedicated in 1831 and set with classical monuments in a rolling landscaped terrain, it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term cemetery, derived from the Greek for a sleeping place. This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.The 174-acre cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown's largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City Cemetery and Sand Banks Cemetery. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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