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The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the burial location of Revolutionary War -era patriots , including Paul Revere , the five victims of the Boston Massacre , and three signers of the Declaration of Independence : Samuel Adams ...
- United States
- 6,000+
- 1660
- Tremont Street and Bromfield Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Stone carving by William Mumford, Granary Burying Ground. Funerary art in Puritan New England encompasses graveyard headstones carved between c. 1640 and the late 18th century by the Puritans, founders of the first American colonies, and their descendants.
The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the burial location of Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, the five victims of the Boston Massacre, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Samuel Adams, John Hancock ...
Digital Commonwealth. There is a discrepancy between the number of headstones and the number of people buried in the Granary - it is estimated there are over 5,000 Bostonians who have made the Granary their final resting place.
13 de jul. de 2016 · The Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660. The Granary Burying Ground took its present name in 1737 when a granary, a small building used to store grain, was moved to the site presently occupied by the Park Street Church.
21 de nov. de 2023 · Quick Facts. Location: Tremont Street, Boston. Significance: Place of Rest for Prominent Revolutionary Figures. Designation: Freedom Trail Site. MANAGED BY: City of Boston.
Granary. Address: Tremont Street. (between Park and School Sreets) Downtown. History: 1660- The Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660. Town officials set aside for burials part of what was then the Boston Common to help alleviate overcrowding in the near-by King’s Chapel Burying Ground.
