Pine Grove Cemetery (Leominster, Massachusetts)
Pine Grove Cemetery | |
 Pine Grove Cemetery | |
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| Location | Leominster, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′53.8″N 71°45′20.85″W / 42.531611°N 71.7557917°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1776 |
| Architectural style | No Style Listed |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000168 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 12, 2008 |
The Pine Grove Cemetery, also known as the First Meetinghouse Burying Ground, is an historic cemetery on Tremaine and Main Streets in Leominster, Massachusetts. Established in 1742, it is the city's oldest cemetery. It was originally located adjacent to the community's first meeting house. That meeting house was dismantled in 1774, and the cemetery was expanded in 1776, and again in the 1820s to reach its present size of 3 acres (1.2 ha).[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2008.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Pine Grove Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
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