The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery, was the first cemetery established in

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, A ...

, in 1717. It was the town's only cemetery for 140 years until the establishment of the

Holyhood Cemetery Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts. Description Laid out in 1857, the cemetery was designed to reflect the rural cemetery movement begun at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery. It was the first such cemetery in B ...

in 1857, and the Walnut Hills Cemetery in 1875. The cemetery is part of the

Brookline Town Green Historic District The Brookline Town Green Historic District encompasses the historic colonial heart of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. Centered on a stretch of Walnut Street between Warren and Chestnut Streets, this area is where the town's first colonial ...

Notable interments

Francis C. Barlow Francis Channing Barlow (October 19, 1834 – January 11, 1896) was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War. Early life and career Barlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Unitarian minister, but was ra ...

(1834–1896), Civil War general *

Zabdiel Boylston Zabdiel Boylston, FRS (March 9, 1679 – March 1, 1766) was a physician in the Boston area. As the first medical school in North America was not founded until 1765, Boylston apprenticed with his father, an English-born surgeon named Thomas Boyls ...

(1679–1766), physician and surgeon * Amanda M. Edmond (1824–1862), poet *

Barnas Sears Barnas Sears (November 19, 1802 – July 6, 1880) was an American educational theorist and Baptist theologian. Biography Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825 and from Newton Theological Institution in 1827. For a short time, he served a ...

(1802–1880), President of Brown University

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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 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Buildings and structures completed in 1717 Cemeteries established in the 18th century