Dorchester North Burying Ground

Dorchester North Burying Ground
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′0″N 71°3′52″W / 42.31667°N 71.06444°WCoordinates: 42°19′0″N 71°3′52″W / 42.31667°N 71.06444°W
Built	1633
NRHP Reference #	74000915[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1974

The Dorchester North Burying Ground (or "First Burying Ground in Dorchester") is a historic graveyard at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

The burial ground was established in 1634, as the front sign reads^[2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[3] The burying Ground is surrounded by a wall of concrete, with cut-out sections containing iron fencing along Columbia Road, which replaced a 19th-century decorative iron and granite fence. The original gates still provide entrance and are signified by large commemorative bronze tablets placed by the city in 1883.^[4] The site contains over 1200 markers, many of early Dorchester settlers.^[5]

See also

• List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Photo of Burying Ground Sign". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
3. Flynn, Raymond L. (1986). Historic Burying Grounds Report And Inventory: October, 1986. Boston: Mayor of Boston; contained in Boston Public Library.
4. "Dorchester North Burying Ground". Find A Grave. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
5. "Trees & Gardens – An Upham's Corner Photo Tour 2011 Dorchester North Burying Ground". Upham's Corner News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2012.