Oak Grove Cemetery (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
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Location | Parker St., New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°38′37″N 70°56′31″W / 41.6437°N 70.942°W |
Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
Built | 1843 | (relocated burials date to 1798)
NRHP reference No. | 14000176[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 28, 2014 |
The Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Parker Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It consists of two parcels, separated by Parker Street, northwest of the city's central business district. The older portion of the cemetery, that south of Parker Street, was established in 1843, while the northern section was acquired and developed between 1870 and 1896. Most of the cemetery is laid out in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style of winding lanes, although the northernmost section has a more open layout, made partly due to complaints about the cluttered nature of the rural cemetery style.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
Notable burials
[edit]- William P. Brownell (1839–1915) Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
- Richard Albert Canfield (1855–1914) businessman and gambler
- SGT William Harvey Carney (1840–1908) Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- John Duffey (1836–1923) Civil War Medal of Honor
- Thomas D. Eliot (1808–1870) Civil War US Congressman
- Harry Stovey (1856–1937) Professional Baseball Player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Weekly list of actions, 4/28/14 through 5/2/14". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Oak Grove Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
External links
[edit] Media related to Oak Grove Cemetery (New Bedford, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Cemeteries in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Rural cemeteries
- Cemeteries established in the 1840s
- 1843 establishments in Massachusetts