King's Chapel Burying Ground

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King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era burying ground
historic cemetery
historic site
tourist attraction
adjacentTo King's Chapel
Tremont Street, Boston
surface form: Tremont Street
burialPlaceOf Hezekiah Usher
John Cotton
John Winthrop
Mary Chilton
various prominent colonial figures
category 17th-century establishments in Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Boston
Historic sites in Massachusetts
city Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
coordinateSystem WGS84
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era Colonial America
established 1630
foundedInPeriod 17th century
hasApproximateCoordinates 42.357°N 71.061°W
hasFeature 17th-century funerary art
skull-and-crossbones motifs
slate gravestones
table tombs
winged skull motifs
heritageDesignation Boston Landmark
inception early 1630s
locatedIn downtown Boston
location Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
managedBy Boston Parks and Recreation Department
surface form: City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department
near Boston Common
Granary Burying Ground
neighborhood Tremont Street, Boston
surface form: Tremont Street area
onRoute Freedom Trail
surface form: Boston Freedom Trail walking tour
ownedBy Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: City of Boston
partOf Freedom Trail
publicAccess yes
significance oldest burying ground in Boston proper
one of the oldest graveyards in Boston
state Massachusetts
style Puritan-era burying ground
touristAttraction yes
usedFor burials
commemoration of colonial figures

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Freedom Trail hasSite King's Chapel Burying Ground
John Winthrop burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
John Cotton buriedAt King's Chapel Burying Ground
Frederick Tudor burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel hasPart King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel adjacentTo King's Chapel Burying Ground
John Leverett burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
Downtown Boston hasLandmark King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground
William Shirley burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
Richard Bellingham burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
Samuel Willard placeOfBurial King's Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston