Mansfield Center Cemetery
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Mansfield Center Cemetery | |
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Mansfield Center Cemetery, Junction of Storrs and Cemetery Rds. Mansfield | |
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| Location | Jct. of Storrs and Cemetery Rds., Mansfield, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′43″N 72°11′46″W / 41.76194°N 72.19611°WCoordinates: 41°45′43″N 72°11′46″W / 41.76194°N 72.19611°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1693 |
| NRHP Reference # | 92000905 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1992 |
Mansfield Center Cemetery is a small cemetery in the Mansfield Center section of Mansfield, Connecticut, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It includes some 300 to 400 headstones.[2]
The site was set aside for use as a cemetery as early as 1693 and it remained in general use for that purpose until the 1870s.[2] The cemetery's 18th-century gravestones, decorated with cherubim, geometric designs, and a variety of funerary symbols, are considered to be illustrative of the rich artistic tradition of funerary stone carving in colonial New England.[2]
See also
- Mansfield Center Historic District, also NRHP-listed
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tolland County, Connecticut
References
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 Bruce Clouette (February 26, 1992). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Mansfield Center Cemetery" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 16 photos, from 1991
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