Location Boston, Massachusetts NRHP Reference # 74000388 Area 3,238 m² Phone +1 617-635-7361 | Architectural style Italianate Founded 1630 Year built 1630 Added to NRHP 25 June 1974 | |
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Address Eustis St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA Burials John Eliot, Thomas Dudley, Joseph Dudley Similar Phipps Street Burying G, Bennington Street Burying G, First Church in Roxbury, Central Burying Ground, Alvah Kittredge House | ||
Eliot Burying Ground (or ""Eustis Street Burying Ground" or "First Burying Ground in Roxbury") is an historic cemetery at Eustis and Washington Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It occupies a roughly triangular lot of 0.8 acres (0.32 ha).
Founded in 1630, the cemetery is the oldest in Roxbury (which was annexed to Boston in 1868). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Many well-known historical figures of colonial Massachusetts are buried at Eliot Burying Ground, including John Eliot, and members of the Dudley family, including Governors Thomas and Joseph Dudley, and Chief Justice Paul Dudley.
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