Charter Street Cemetery

E115381

burial ground historic cemetery tourist attraction

Charter Street Cemetery, also known as the Old Burying Point Cemetery, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Salem, Massachusetts, notable for its colonial-era graves and connections to the Salem witch trials.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Charter Street Cemetery canonical	2
Charter Street Burial Ground	1
Old Burying Point Cemetery	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo	Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Salem Witch Trials Memorial
alsoKnownAs	Old Burying Point Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Old Burying Point Old Burying Point Cemetery ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Salem witch trials ⓘ
associatedWithYear	1692 ⓘ
containsGraveOf	Bartholomew Gedney ⓘ John Hathorne ⓘ Jonathan Corwin family members ⓘ Mary Corey ⓘ surface form: Mary Corey (wife of Giles Corey) Revolutionary War-era figures ⓘ Richard More ⓘ Salem merchants ⓘ Samuel Bradstreet ⓘ early Salem ministers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governingBody	Salem ⓘ surface form: City of Salem
hasAccessPolicy	seasonal public access ⓘ
hasFeature	historic stone walls ⓘ narrow internal paths ⓘ table tombs ⓘ upright slate headstones ⓘ
hasGravestoneStyle	cherub motif ⓘ death’s head motif ⓘ winged skull motif ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Salem Witch Trials Memorial
hasRegulation	prohibition of gravestone rubbing ⓘ restrictions on guided tours ⓘ
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Register of Historic Places contributing property ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places contributing property
inception	1630s ⓘ circa 1637 ⓘ
locatedIn	Charter Street, Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
location	Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFor	17th-century burials ⓘ Puritan funerary art ⓘ colonial-era gravestones ⓘ connections to the Salem witch trials ⓘ
oldestCemeteryIn	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
oneOfOldestCemeteriesIn	Massachusetts ⓘ
ownedBy	Salem ⓘ surface form: City of Salem
partOf	Salem Maritime National Historic Site vicinity ⓘ
subjectOf	academic research on colonial death practices ⓘ gravestone conservation projects ⓘ historic preservation efforts ⓘ
timePeriodOfMostBurials	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
tourismType	dark tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ
usedForBurialsUntil	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Burying Point Cemetery → alsoKnownAs → Charter Street Cemetery ⓘ

Salem, Massachusetts → hasLandmark → Charter Street Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Burying Point Cemetery

Charter Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts → alsoKnownAs → Charter Street Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: Charter Street Cemetery

this entity surface form: Charter Street Burial Ground

Charter Street Historic District → contains → Charter Street Cemetery ⓘ