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Walnut Street Cemetery
The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery, was the first cemetery established in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1717. It was the town's only cemetery for 140 years until the establishment of the Holyhood Cemetery in 1857, and the Walnut Hills Cemetery (Brookline, Massachusetts), Walnut Hills Cemetery in 1875. The cemetery is part of the Brookline Town Green Historic District. Notable interments * Francis C. Barlow (1834–1896), Civil War general * Zabdiel Boylston (1679–1766), physician and surgeon * Amanda M. Edmond (1824–1862), poet * Barnas Sears (1802–1880), President of Brown University References External links * * Burials and Inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery of Brookline, Massachusetts * {{GNIS, 600968, Walnut Street Cemetery Buildings and structures in Brookline, Massachusetts Historic districts in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Cemeteries in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Tourist attractions in Brookline, Massachusetts 1717 estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Boston, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton, Massachusetts, Newton lies to the west of Brookline. Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a Hamlet (place), hamlet in Boston, known as Muddy River; it was incorporated as a separate town in 1705. At the time of the 2020 United States Census, the population of the town was 63,191. It is the most populous municipality in Massachusetts to have a New England town, town (rather than city) form of government. History Once part of Algonquian peoples, Algonquian territory, Brookline was first settled by White people, European colonists in the early 17th century. The area was an outlying part of the colonial settlement of Boston a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
