Eliot Burying Ground

Eliot Burying Ground
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′55″N 71°4′55″W / 42.33194°N 71.08194°WCoordinates: 42°19′55″N 71°4′55″W / 42.33194°N 71.08194°W
Built 1630
Architectural style Italianate
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 74000388[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1974

Eliot Burying Ground (or ""Eustis Street Burying Ground" or "First Burying Ground in Roxbury") is an historic cemetery at Eustis and Washington Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1630, the cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Many well-known Massachusetts historical figures are buried at Eliot Burying Ground including John Eliot, and members of the Dudley family, including Governors Thomas Dudley and Joseph Dudley, and Chief Justice Paul Dudley.[2]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ Roxbury Roxbury Latin students ventured to burial site of school's founder, John Eliot, wickedlocal.com, 7 November 2009