Oak Grove Cemetery (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
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| Location | Parker St., New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°38′37″N 70°56′31″W / 41.6437°N 70.942°WCoordinates: 41°38′37″N 70°56′31″W / 41.6437°N 70.942°W |
| Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1843 (relocated burials date to 1798) |
| NRHP Reference # | 14000176[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 2014 |
The Oak Grove Cemetery is an historic cemetery on Parker Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It consists of two parcels, separated by Parker Street, northwest of the city's central business district. The older portion of the cemetery, that south of Parker Street, was established in 1843, while the northern section was acquired and developed between 1870 and 1896. Most of the cemetery is laid out in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style of winding lanes, although the northernmost section has a more open layout, made partly due to complaints about the cluttered nature of the rural cemetery style.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
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References
- 1 2 "Weekly list of actions, 4/28/14 through 5/2/14". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Oak Grove Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
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