Suvarna Garge (Editor)

North Burial Ground (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
MPS
  
Fall River MRA

Address
  
Fall River, MA 02720, USA

Phone
  
+1 508-672-3041

Added to NRHP
  
16 February 1983

NRHP Reference #
  
83000695

Area
  
4 ha

Year built
  
1810

Burials
  
Jim Manning, Orin Fowler

North Burial Ground (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Location
  
Fall River, Massachusetts

Architectural style
  
Late Victorian, Exotic Revival, Other

Similar
  
Oak Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame Cemetery, St Patrick's Cemetery, Saint Johns Cemetery, Hebrew Cemetery

North Burial Ground is a historic cemetery located on North Main Street between Brightman and Cory Streets in Fall River, Massachusetts. The cemetery was established in 1810 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is the oldest city-owned cemetery in Fall River.

The cemetery features a fieldstone gatehouse, built about 1890 and an Egyptian Revival receiving tomb built in 1849 from local Fall River granite. After Oak Grove Cemetery opened in 1855, the remains of many were transferred there from North Burial Ground, as it was considered to be the more fashionable resting place.

Notable burials

  • Holder Borden (1798-1837) - Founder of the American Print Works. (Later moved to Oak Grove Cemetery).
  • Orin Fowler (1791-1852) - A prominent local minister, author and U.S. Representative.
  • References

    North Burial Ground (Fall River, Massachusetts) Wikipedia