Architect Col. F.W. Merriam NRHP Reference # 01000722 Phone +1 413-662-3048 Added to NRHP 19 July 2001 | MPS North Adams MRA Area 7 ha Year built 1798 | |
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Location North Adams, Massachusetts Address North Adams, MA 01247, USA Burials Thomas W. Osborn, George P. Lawrence Similar Southview Cemetery, Beth Israel Cemetery, North Adams Cemetery, Maple Street Cemetery, Eastlawn Cemetery | ||
Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery on West Main Street between Brown Street and Charles Street in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the western fringe of the city, the earliest portions of the cemetery date to 1798; it is the community's oldest public burying ground. The cemetery is divided by Massachusetts Route 2, with the older section to the north and the younger section (laid out in 1858) to the south. The cemetery's location at the foot of Mount Greylock gives it excellent views of the surrounding area, and of the urban core of North Adams.
The older portion of the cemetery is less formally laid out than the newer section. It includes a fairly steeply sloped hill and a bowl-shaped valley, and is lined by grassy paths laid out in a grid. The oldest graves are at the top of the hill, the oldest dating to 1798. The southern portion of the cemetery is much larger, and is laid out with narrow roadways, most of which were in place by 1878. The terrain of the southern section is similar to that of the northern, also featuring a hill and valley. The most prominent memorial is the Tinker Mausoleum (1926).
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.