Ireland Street Cemetery
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| Location | Chesterfield, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′54″N 72°53′3″W / 42.36500°N 72.88417°WCoordinates: 42°21′54″N 72°53′3″W / 42.36500°N 72.88417°W |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000471[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 1, 2009 |
The Ireland Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Ireland Street in West Chesterfield, Massachusetts. It is located west of Chesterfield center on a rise above the Westfield River which flows north-south to the east of Ireland Street. The approximately 1-acre (0.40 ha) plot lies on the west side of Ireland Street, surrounded by fields and orchards. The plot is demarcated by stone walls, the eastern one also acting as a retaining wall, because the plot is raised above the road. This wall is made of random fieldstones topped by several courses of flat stones and capped by a course of quarried granite. These are topped by urn-shaped fenceposts connected by a single iron rail. The entrance is in the center of the wall. The cemetery contains 185 stones, dating from 1772 to 1996, most of which date to the 18th and 19th century.[2]
The cemetery, along with the nearby Gate Cemetery, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Ireland Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
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