Evergreen Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1850 by the town of Brighton (which was annexed to Boston in 1874), and was laid out in the then-fashionable

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 inspired by

Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery, rural, or garden, cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middl ...

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. Its entrance gate was built in 1892, and its

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office building was added in 1903. Boston architect James Mulcahy designed the office building. The older portions of the cemetery are characterized by winding lanes (now paved, originally gravel), with outcrops of

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. The cemetery was listed the

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in 2009.

Notable interments

Richard Hamilton Taylor Richard Hamilton Taylor (September 8, 1870 – March 24, 1956) was a quartermaster serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Taylor was born in Staunton, Virginia, and later joined the navy. He was statio ...

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recipient *

William Wirt Warren William Wirt Warren (February 27, 1834 – May 2, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Biography William W. Warren was born in Brighton (now a part of Boston), Massachusetts on February 27, 1834. He received a classical educa ...

, US Congressman 1875–77 * Horatio Julius Homer, 1st African American Boston Police Officer 1848–1923

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External links

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City of Boston – Evergreen Cemetery
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Cemeteries in Brighton, Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston Rural cemeteries Cemeteries established in the 1850s

Notable interments

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