Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts

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Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf garden cemetery
historic cemetery
rural cemetery
architecturalStyle Victorian landscape design
city Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: "Boston"
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
designedAs garden cemetery
establishedInCentury 19th century
hasCulturalRole outdoor museum of funerary art
urban green space
hasFeature chapel
columbarium
lakes
mature trees
mausoleums
memorials
sculpture garden elements
winding paths
hasNotableBurial Anne Sexton
Curtis Guild Jr.
E. E. Cummings
Eugene O'Neill
surface form: "Eugene O’Neill"

Francis Parkman
George A. Aiken
Henry Dearborn
James Michael Curley
John T. Trowbridge NERFINISHED
Joseph Warren Bailey
Lucy Stone
William Cooper Nell
William Lloyd Garrison
heritageDesignation historic cemetery of Boston
inspiredBy Mount Auburn Cemetery
knownFor Victorian-era monuments
funerary art
landscaped grounds
notable burials
sculpture
location Jamaica Plain
surface form: "Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, United States"
neighborhood Jamaica Plain
openingDate 1848
partOf garden cemetery movement in the United States
state Massachusetts
usedFor burials
cremation
historical tourism
memorialization
passive recreation

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Reggie Lewis burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
William Lloyd Garrison burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: "Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States"

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