NRHP Reference # 01000089 Phone +1 617-466-4200 | Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 9 February 2001 | |
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Address 500 Broadway, Chelsea, MA 02150, USA Similar Woodlawn Cemetery & Cremat, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Cambridge Cemetery | ||
Chelsea Garden Cemetery is a historic cemetery bounded by Shawmut Street, and Central and Chester Avenues in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The cemetery was established in 1841 to provide the city a burying ground in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. It has a network of paths which wind over the undulating 3 acres (1.2 ha) of terrain. One of its focal points was originally a man-made pond, located at the lowest point in the cemetery; it was filled in late in the 19th century. The cemetery is estimated to hold more than 1,600 burials; due to the transient nature of the Chelsea population over the period of the cemetery's existence, with little historical continuity, it has had a history neglect and vandalism. The fringes of the cemetery were also damaged by the 1908 fire that devastated the city (which also destroyed some cemetery records).
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.