Common Burying Ground at Sandy Bank
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| Location | Malden, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°25′3.1″N 71°4′14.66″W / 42.417528°N 71.0707389°WCoordinates: 42°25′3.1″N 71°4′14.66″W / 42.417528°N 71.0707389°W |
| Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1649 |
| Architect | Joseph Lamson; James Foster |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 27, 1981 |
Common Burying Ground at Sandy Bank (also known as Bell Rock Cemetery) is a historic cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts. It occupies a roughly rectangular parcel of land 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) in size, bounded by Medford and Green Streets, Converse Avenue, and the Malden River on the west. It is the oldest cemetery in the city, established in 1649. Its earliest probable burial dates to that same year, although the oldest gravestone, that of Alice Brackenburg, bears the date 1670.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Bell Rock Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
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