Dorchester North Burying Ground

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burial ground colonial-era cemetery historic cemetery

Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, notable as the resting place of prominent early New England figures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Burying Ground	1
Old North Burying Ground (Dorchester)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ colonial-era cemetery ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith	early Puritan settlers of Dorchester ⓘ history of Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ history of Dorchester, Massachusetts ⓘ
category	1630s establishments in Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts ⓘ Protected areas of Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	17th century ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	colonial New England ⓘ
established	1634 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ surface form: North Burying Ground Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ surface form: Old North Burying Ground (Dorchester)
hasFeature	colonial-era funerary art ⓘ gated entrances ⓘ historic gravestones ⓘ obelisks ⓘ perimeter stone wall ⓘ table tombs ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places
heritageStatus	historic resource of the City of Boston ⓘ
inception	1634 ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	Dorchester Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Columbia Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Dorchester ⓘ surface form: Dorchester, Massachusetts
maintainedBy	Boston Parks and Recreation Department ⓘ surface form: City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department
NRHPListingDate	September 18, 1975 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	75000290 ⓘ
ownedBy	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: City of Boston
partOf	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: City of Boston
region	New England ⓘ
significance	important site of early Dorchester history ⓘ one of the oldest cemeteries in Boston ⓘ resting place of prominent early New England figures ⓘ
usedFor	burial ⓘ commemoration of early settlers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Stoughton → burialPlace → Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ

Dorchester North Burying Ground → hasAlternativeName → Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Burying Ground

Dorchester North Burying Ground → hasAlternativeName → Dorchester North Burying Ground ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old North Burying Ground (Dorchester)