Griffin Street Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
Griffin Street Cemetery
41°37′42″N 70°55′22″W / 41.628323°N 70.922738°W / 41.628323; -70.922738
Area1.69 acres (0.68 ha)
Built1804
NRHP reference No.14000062[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 19, 2014

The Griffin Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of South 2nd and Griffin Streets, and abutting the JFK Memorial Highway to the east, it is the city's oldest surviving cemetery. The plot of the cemetery is about 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) in size, and roughly follows the rectilinear grid of the city streets. It was established in 1804, not far from a Quaker cemetery whose remains were later reinterred in the city's Rural Cemetery. The cemetery has about 230 grave stones, but a significant number of graves are unmarked. The oldest grave dates to 1804, the newest to 1855.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Weekly Actions Taken: 3/17/14 through 3/24/14". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Griffin Street Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-28.

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