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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston | 1 |
| King’s Chapel Burying Ground | 1 |
| King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era burying ground
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
King's Chapel
ⓘ
Tremont Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King’s Chapel Burying Ground
this entity surface form:
King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
this entity surface form:
King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston