North Burial Ground is a historic
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
located on North Main Street between Brightman and Cory Streets in
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, tenth-largest city in the state, and the second- ...
, United States. The cemetery was established in 1810 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1983. It is the oldest city-owned cemetery in Fall River.
The cemetery features a fieldstone gatehouse, built about 1890 and an Egyptian Revival receiving tomb built in 1849 from local
Fall River granite
Fall River granite is a Precambrian bedrock underlying the City of Fall River, Massachusetts and surrounding areas along the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. It was formed 600 million years ago, as part of the Avalon terrane.
During the 19th ...
. After
Oak Grove Cemetery opened in 1855, the remains of many were transferred there from North Burial Ground, as it was considered to be the more fashionable resting place.
MHC Inventory Form
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Notable burials
* Orin Fowler (1791–1852), US Representative.
* James H. "Jim" Manning (1862–1929), MLB player and manager
Gallery
File:North Burial Ground Gatehouse.jpg, Gatehouse (1890)
File:North Burial Ground Vault.JPG, Receiving tomb (1849)
See also
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References
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Fall River, Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Bristol County, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
Cemeteries established in the 1810s
1810 establishments in Massachusetts