Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine, United States
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Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, Maine, is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery notable as the final resting place of prominent figures including U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
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garden cemetery → rural cemetery → |
| architecturalStyle |
rural cemetery movement
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| continent |
North America
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| country |
United States
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| hasCulturalRole |
historic landmark of Bangor
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| hasFeature |
curving drives
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family plots → mausoleums → monumental grave markers → ornamental landscaping → ponds → |
| hasName |
Mount Hope Cemetery
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| hasNotableBurial |
Bangor lumber barons
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Charles A. Boutelle → Civil War veterans → Edward Kent → Frederick Low → Hannibal Hamlin → John A. Peters → Samuel F. Hersey → Spanish–American War veterans → |
| hasTourismType |
cemetery tourism
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heritage tourism → |
| hasUse |
burial ground
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memorial landscape → |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
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| inception |
1834
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| locatedIn |
Bangor, Maine
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Maine → Penobscot County, Maine → |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Penobscot River (vicinity)
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| modeledAfter |
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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| NRHPListingCountry |
United States
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| NRHPListingState |
Maine
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| NRHPType |
historic district
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| openingDate |
1834
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| operator |
City of Bangor
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| ownedBy |
City of Bangor
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| partOf |
Mount Hope Cemetery and Grounds Historic District
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| significance |
important example of 19th-century landscape design
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one of the oldest garden cemeteries in the United States → |
| significantEvent |
development of rural cemetery movement in Maine
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| usedFor |
commemoration of the dead
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public burials → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Hannibal Hamlin
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burialPlace |