Holyhood Cemetery

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Holyhood Cemetery
Holyhood Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Location: Heath Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°20′3″N 71°2′58″W / 42.33417°N 71.04944°W / 42.33417; -71.04944Coordinates: 42°20′3″N 71°2′58″W / 42.33417°N 71.04944°W / 42.33417; -71.04944
Area: 35 acres (14 ha)
Built: 1857
Architect: Patrick Keeley
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Brookline MRA
NRHP Reference#: 85003275[1]
Added to NRHP: October 17, 1985

Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Laid out in 1857, the cemetery was designed to reflect the mid-19th century influence of romantic landscape cemetery planning begun at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery. It was the first such cemetery in Brookline.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

It is best known for holding the final resting places of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Rose's father John F. Fitzgerald, and possibly the Kennedys' daughter, Rosemary Kennedy. (The Kennedys were the parents of U.S. President John, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York Robert, and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Edward.) The last child born to President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was also buried here until his father was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 1963. Holyhood is also the final resting place of golfer Francis Ouimet and baseball player George Wright.[3]

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