The Bennington Street Burying Ground is a historic
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
on Bennington Street, between Swift St. and Harmony St., in
East Boston, Massachusetts
East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and do ...
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The cemetery was established in 1838, in a late version of the traditional rectilinear colonial cemetery, rather than the
rural cemetery
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries. They were typically built one to five ...
style that was then just beginning to come into vogue. The cemetery has more than 300 graves, the oldest dating to 1819 (probably a reburial from another location).
The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2002.
The professional baseball player
Red Woodhead was interred at the cemetery in 1881.
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External links
Profileat City of Boston
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Boston
Landmarks in East Boston
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Cemeteries established in the 1830s
1838 establishments in Massachusetts