Granary Burial Ground
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Granary Burial Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from the American Revolutionary era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Granary Burial Ground canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Boston Common
ⓘ
Park Street Church ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Benjamin Franklin’s parents
ⓘ
Crispus Attucks memorialized ⓘ James Otis Jr. ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Robert Treat Paine ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
|
| coordinates | approx. 42.357°N 71.062°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| establishedIn | 1660 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfGraves | over 2000 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Boston Massacre victims’ monument
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Massacre victims’ memorial
Copp's Hill Burying Ground ⓘ
surface form:
Paul Revere’s grave marker
obelisk monument to Benjamin Franklin’s parents ⓘ tomb of John Hancock ⓘ tomb of Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
cherubs and urn-and-willow designs
ⓘ
winged skull motifs ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
granite monuments
ⓘ
sandstone markers ⓘ slate gravestones ⓘ |
| hasOldestGravestonesFrom | 1660s ⓘ |
| hasStyle | colonial-era funerary art ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
graves of American Revolutionary era figures
ⓘ
historic tombstones and monuments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston’s Tremont Street area
downtown Boston ⓘ |
| location |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Boston
|
| namedAfter | town granary that once stood nearby ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property to a historic district ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Boston
|
| partOf | Freedom Trail ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significance | important site of American Revolutionary history ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| touristVisitsPerYear | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| usedFor | burials from 17th to 19th centuries ⓘ |
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