Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine)
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| Location: | 672 Stevens Ave. Portland, Maine |
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| Coordinates: | 43°40′54″N 70°18′4″W / 43.68167°N 70.30111°WCoordinates: 43°40′54″N 70°18′4″W / 43.68167°N 70.30111°W |
| Area: | 239 acres (0.97 km2) |
| Built: | 1855 |
| Architect: | Charles R. Goodell; Frederick A. Tompson |
| NRHP Reference#: | 92000791 |
| Added to NRHP: | June 18, 1992 |
Evergreen Cemetery is a garden style cemetery in Portland, Maine, United States. With 239 acres (0.97 km2) of land, it is the second largest cemetery in the state. It was established in 1855 in Saccarappa (Westbrook, Maine) and became the area's main cemetery after the Western Cemetery. As of March 2011, only 110 acres (0.45 km2) of the 239 acres (0.97 km2) were used for cemetery-related activities.[1] The Cemetery holds the records for Forest City Cemetery in South Portland.
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[edit] Wilde Memorial Chapel
Wilde Memorial Chapel is a Gothic-style chapel. It was built as a mortuary chapel by Falmouth native Mary Ellen Lunt Wilde in 1890. It was designed by Portland architect Frederick A. Tompson and gifted to the city in 1902.[2] The granite building is used for both memorial and wedding services, with a maximum capacity of 105.[3]
[edit] Notable interments
- John Appleton, congressman and assistant secretary of state
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy, congressman
- Asa William Henry Clapp, congressman
- Nathan Clifford, US Attorney General and Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
- Neal S. Dow, mayor, general and candidate for president
- Francis H. Fassett, architect
- James D. Fessenden, general
- Francis Fessenden, general
- Samuel Fessenden, lieutenant
- Samuel C. Fessenden, congressman
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, congressman
- William P. Fessenden, congressman, senator and secretary of the treasury
- Frank Fixaris, sportscaster
- Elbridge Gerry, congressman
- Charles Goddard (1879-1951), playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Christian Hale, lieutenant and congressman
- Obed Hall, congressman
- Asher Crosby Hinds, congressman
- John Lynch, congressman
- Charles Porter Mattocks, general
- Charles B. Merrill, general
- Joseph C. Noyes, congressman
- John J. Perry, congressman
- William Lebaron Putnam, mayor
- Thomas Brackett Reed, congressman and Speaker of the US House of Representatives
- Ether Shepley, senator
- George Foster Shepley, general
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, congressman
- Augustus Ervin Stevens, mayor
- John Calvin Stevens, architect
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat, congressman
- Sidney Warren Thaxter, major
- Henry Goddard Thomas, general
- Charles W. Walton, congressman
- Ansel Dyer Wass, general
- George Warren West, general
[edit] External links
- ^ Portland cemetery's plans would uproot gardeners Portland Press Herald, March 22, 2011
- ^ Wilde Memorial Chapel Friends of Evergreen Cemetery
- ^ Portland Maine Public Service site: Wilde Chapel
- Evergreen Cemetery page on Find a Grave
- Friends of Evergreen Cemetery
- Portland Trails - Evergreen Cemetery
[edit] Notes
- ^ Portland cemetery's plans would uproot gardeners Portland Press Herald, March 22, 2011
- ^ Wilde Memorial Chapel Friends of Evergreen Cemetery
- ^ Portland Maine Public Service site: Wilde Chapel
