Mount Auburn Cemetery

Bigelow, Jacob; Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell; Wadsworth, Alexander
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/156237
Date
1831
Description
First American garden cemetery; before park movement, a popular spot for recreational outings.
 
general view, entrance with cast iron gates and identifying plaque on stone column, ca. 1987
 
Type of Work
Cemetery
Subject
Gardens, Cambridge (Mass.), Landscape architecture, Sepulchral monuments, Cemeteries -- Massachusetts, Watertown (Mass.), Gates, Signs, Boston Suburbs - Chapter 1 - Pre-1865
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(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Lois A. Craig
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