West Parish Burying Ground

West Parish Burying Ground (River Street Burying Ground)
Location: River and Cherry street, West Newton, Massachusetts
Governing body: City of Newton, Massachusetts
NRHP Reference#: 04001221 [1]
Added to NRHP: December 13, 2004

West Parish Burying Ground, also known as River Street Burying Ground, is an historic cemetery located at River and Cherry streets in West Newton, Massachusetts, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Second Church in Newton, its original owner, was the West Parish, the Second Church in Newton.

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Notable grave sites

Present ownership

West Parish Burying Ground is owned today by the City of Newton, which lists it on its assessment rolls as Old West Newton Cemetery with 70,560 square feet (6,555 m2),[3] but other city webpages list it as River Street Cemetery.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/riverstreet.htm Interment.net
  3. ^ City of Newton, Mass. - Maps
  4. ^ Cemeteries of Newton

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