Pine Grove Cemetery is a cemetery whose main entrance is on Boston Street in
Lynn, Massachusetts
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. It was established in the mid-19th century and it consists of 82 developed acres. There are approximately 88,000 to 90,000 interments at the cemetery.
History
It was originally established as a private cemetery in 1849, with a design by
Henry A. S. Dearborn, noted designer of
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Dedicated in ...
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 United States census, ...
. It was purchased by the city of Lynn in 1855.
In 1930, a wall was built by the
WPA to surround the cemetery, and local legend says it is the “second-longest continuous stone wall in the world,” second only to the
Great Wall of China
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.
The cemetery got its name from the plethora of pine trees surrounding Rhodes Memorial Chapel and the cemetery's entrance. The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2014.
Features and landmarks
Pine Grove Cemetery has many notable features and landmarks:
*The cemetery office building, erected in 1860.
*The Pine Grove Cemetery Receiving Tomb, constructed from 1866 to 1868. Built in a
Ruskinian Gothic style, it was part of a building campaign following the Civil War. It is made of granite
ashlar
Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones.
Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...
construction with a
cast iron
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doorway.
*The Rhodes Memorial Chapel, built in 1891. It was built using a donation from a Ms. Amos Rhodes in a
Richardsonian Romanesque
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style. The stained glass windows are valued at over $10,000.
*The Cemetery's greenhouse, whose operations have been noted throughout the country.
Notable interments
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John G. B. Adams
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Harry Agganis
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Frank D. Allen
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John Alley
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Alice Ives Breed
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Daisy Davis
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Alonzo G. Draper, brigadier general during the
American Civil War
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Benjamin Franklin Falls
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Barney Gilligan, early professional baseball player
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Henry Lovering
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Lydia Pinkham
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William Poole
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Elihu Thomson
Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an English-American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electricity, electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Early life
He ...
*
Charles Herbert Woodbury
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Holman K. Wheeler
See also
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References
External links
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City page on Pine Grove Cemetery
Buildings and structures in Lynn, Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Essex County, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Lynn, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Cemeteries established in the 1840s
1849 establishments in Massachusetts