Westerly Burial Ground

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place

Westerly Burial Ground

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location| West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates| 42°16′53″N 71°09′31″W﻿ / ﻿42.28144°N 71.15855°W﻿ / 42.28144; -71.15855
Architect| James Foster II, J. N.[1]
NRHP reference No.| 87001401[1]
Added to NRHP| November 20, 1987

The Westerly Burial Ground (also known as Westerly Burying Ground)[2] is an historic cemetery on Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1683, it is Boston's seventh-oldest cemetery, and where the first settlers of the West Roxbury area are buried. It was enlarged in 1832, and 1844, and its last documented burial was in 1962.[3] Eight American Revolutionary War veterans are buried there as well as fifteen veterans of the American Civil War.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

## See also

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* List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
* National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts

## References

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* Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System Inventory No: BOS.816

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ "Historic Burying Grounds Initiative". 13 July 2016.
3. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Westerly Burial Ground". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-11-02.

## Image gallery

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* Westerly Burying Ground, general view

* Westerly Burying Ground, close-up 1

* Westerly Burying Ground, close-up 2

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