Oak Grove Cemetery (Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Oak Grove Cemetery | |
Oak Grove Cemetery | |
| Location | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°37′10″N 70°40′14″W / 42.61944°N 70.67056°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architect | Cleveland, Horace William Shaler; Copeland, Robert Morris |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000263 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1975 |
The Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery, founded in 1854, which is bounded by Derby, Washington, and Grove Sts., and Maplewood Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. The cemetery was founded by a group of local businessmen who sought to establish a cemetery in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. They hired landscape architects Robert Morris Copeland and Horace William Shaler Cleveland to lay out a series of winding lanes. The Bradford Chapel was built through a bequest by George R. Bradford, another local businessman, and built in 1903–04. The cemetery is still privately owned, and has grown over time to occupy 11 acres (4.5 ha).[2]
It is the burial place of the operatic soprano Emma Abbott.[3]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Community Preservation Act Application (Rehabilitation and Restoration of Oak Grove Cemetery)". City of Gloucester. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "Take a walking tour of Oak Grove Cemetery". Wicked Loca1 Gloucester. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
External links
Media related to Oak Grove Cemetery (Gloucester, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons