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Milton Cemetery

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Area
  
102 acres (41 ha)

NRHP Reference #
  
04000537

Built
  
1672

Milton Cemetery

Location
  
211 Centre St., Milton, Massachusetts

Architect
  
Mumford, William; et al.

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Gothic Revival

Milton Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 211 Centre Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Established in 1672, it is the town's only municipal burying ground. There are three distinct sections to its 102-acre (41 ha) grounds: the original burying ground, a tract of 3 acres (1.2 ha) which was in use between 1672 and 1854, a "new" section, laid out in 1854 in the rural cemetery style which was fashionable in the 19th century, and a "modern" section, established in 1945.

It was founded in 1672 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Among those interred in the cemetery are:

  • Dennis Miller Bunker, American Impressionist Painter
  • James A. Burke, United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • Elbie Fletcher, Major League Baseball player
  • Edward A. Gisburne, United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Nathaniel Carl Goodwin, actor and vaudevillian
  • Howard Deering Johnson, businessman and founder of the Howard Johnson's restaurant and hotel chain
  • Wendell Phillips, abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator
  • Steve Trapilo, player in the National Football League
  • Paul H. Weinert, United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

    • References

    Milton Cemetery Wikipedia
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