Bennington Street Burying Ground

The Bennington Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Bennington Street, between Swift St. and Harmony St., in East Boston, Massachusetts.

Bennington Street Burying Ground
View of the cemetery in 2009.
Bennington Street Burying Ground is located in Massachusetts
Bennington Street Burying Ground
LocationEast Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′52″N 71°01′16″W
Area3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1838
NRHP reference No.02000548[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2002

The cemetery was established in 1838,[2] in a late version of the traditional rectilinear colonial cemetery, rather than the rural cemetery style that was then just beginning to come into vogue. The cemetery has more than 300 graves, the oldest dating to 1819 (probably a reburial from another location).[3] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

The professional baseball player Red Woodhead was interred at the cemetery in 1881.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lambert, David Allen (2002). A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries. New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 27. ISBN 0880821345.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Bennington Street Burying Ground". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  4. "Red Woodhead Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
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