FormForm No.. 110-300-3000 {Rev(Rev. 110-740-74)1 f£m1so(,'/ fl00 6[' 100S .'l DATA SHEEI UNUNITElTEDD STATESSTATES DEPARTMENDEPARTMENTT OFOF TTHHEE lINTERIONTERIORR DATA SHEETI FOR NPS USEONIY NATIONAL PPARARKK SESERVICRVICEE NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER OFOF IDSTORICHISTORIC PLACESPLACES INVENTORY··INVENTORY NOMINATIONNOMINATION FORMFORM DATE ENTERED
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NAMENAME ProprietorsProprietors ofof thethe CemeteryCemetery ofof MountMount AuburnAuburn
STREETSTREETS &. NUMBERNUMBER 58058 0 MoMoununtt AAnhuT-uburnn StR-l-r-PPireet- CITYCITY.TOW, TOWNN _ STATSTATEE CambrCambridgi dgee ' * _ _VICINITYOvIcINIrvoFF MassachusetMassachusettt s IJLOCATIONQLOCATION OFOF LEGLEGAAL DDESCRIPTIOESCRIPTIONN
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DATEDATE 197119 71 • . * ; . •' _FEDERAL—FEDERAL _$TATE_ STATE -COUNTY—COUNTY X_LOCA:lLt.oCALL DEPOSITORYDEPOSITORY FORFOR suRvevSURVEY RecoRDs RECORD S CambrCambridgi dgee HistoricalHistorical CommissionCommission CITY. TOWNTOWN STATESTATE CambrCambridgi dgee MassachusettsMassachusetts \ -:-- ••• y y~ J.,u I -Ml 1 ■DESCRIPTIONDESCRI<>TION
CONDITIONCONDITION CHECKCHECK ONEONE ; : CHECKCHECK ONEONE V , ,^ XexcELLENTXEXCELLENT _DETERIORATED_DETERI0RATED .XUNALTER^UNALTEREEDD .XOJiORIGINARIGINALL SITESITE _G—GOOOODD _RUINS—RUINS • *• ' ' * ---ALTERED—ALTERED * _MOVED—MOVED DAT~---DATE _FAIFAIR _UNEXPOSED—UNEXPOSED
DESCRIBEDESCRIBE THETHE PRESENTPRESENT ANOAND ORIGINALORIGINAL (IF(IF KNOWN))P PHYSICAHYSICALL APPEARANCEAPPEARANCE MountMount AuburnAuburn isis a privately-ownedprivately-owned cemeterycemetery ofof 170170 acresacres locatedlocated nearnear ththee CharlesCharles RiverRiver onon thethe CambridgeCambridge-Watertow- Watertownn line.line. OnlyOnly 1515 acresacres areare withinwithin thethe CambridgeCambridge citycity limits.limits. ItIt formsforms thethe majormajor portionportion ofof aa groupgroup ooff contiguouscontiguous cemeteries ,, withwith thethe CambridgeCambridge CityCity CemeteryCemetery toto thethe southsouth anandd thethe RomanRoman CatholicCatholic CemeteryCemetery toto thethe west.west. MostMost ofof thethe groundsgrounds areare sursur roundedrounded byby a castcast ironiron fencefence ofof whichwhich thethe portionportion alongalong MtMt. AuburnAuburn StreetStreet datesdates fromfrom 1844.1844. TheThe mainmain entranceentrance isis onon Mt.Mt. AuburnAuburn Street,Street, Cambridge.Cambridge. TheThe sitesite isis partpart ofof a glacialglacial morainemoraine thatthat includesincludes severalseveral pondsponds anandd knolls,, asas wellwell asas a 13613 6-foo- foott hillhill knownknown asas "Mount"Mount Auburn,"" whichwhich hashas a a panoramicpanoramic viewview ofof Boston.. TheThe initialinitial sectionsection ofof MountMount AuburnAuburn CemeteryCemetery • consistedconsisted ofof 7272 acresacres thatthat werewere partpart ofof Stone'sStone's Woods,Woods, a 17th17th centurycentury farmstead.farmstead. ThisThis ruralrural sitesite waswas purchasedpurchased forfor a gardengarden cemeterycemetery projectproject byby thethe MassachusettsMassachusetts HorticulturalHorticultural SocietySociety andand laidlaid outout byby AlexanderAlexander WadsworthWadsworth inin 18311831-32- 32.. WadsworthWadsworth'' s planplan waswas forfor curvilinearcurvilinear roadsroads anandd intersectingintersecting footpathsfootpaths alongalong aa broadbroad axisaxis extendingextending fromfrom thethe· MountMount AuburnAuburn StreetStreet gategate toto ""MounMountt Auburn"Auburn" itself.. TheThe burialburial lotslots werewere scatteredscattered alongalong thethe accessaccess routes.routes. TheThe asymmetricalasymmetrical patternpattern formedformed byby thethe planplan waswas anan abruptabrupt departuredeparture fromfrom thethe narrow,, rigidrigid rowsrows ofof burialburial plotsplots charchar acteristicacteristic ofof centralcentral citycity churchyardschurchyards ofof thethe period.. AlthoughAlthough modelledmodelled inin conceptconcept onon thethe landscapedlandscaped groundsgrounds ofof PerePere LaLa Chaise,Chaise, aa ParisianParisian ceme terytery-park- park,, MountMount AuburnAuburn waswas lalaii d outout accordingaccording toto EnglishEnglish landscapelandscape dede signsign principles,, withwith thethe circulatcirculatioi onn systemsystem adaptedadapted toto thethe naturalnatural topographytopography andand scenicscenic potentialpotential ofof thethe site.. j: .\ „; . . *v TheThe roadroad patternpattern ofof MountMount Auburn'sAuburn's firstfirst planplan remainsremains virtuallyvirtually intact.intact. ItsIts windingwinding roadsroads andand pathspaths werewere repeatedrepeated inin subsequentsubsequent additionsadditions toto theth e cemeterycemetery untiluntil thethe 18701870's' s,, whenwhen thethe "l"landscapeandscapedd lawn"lawn" conceptconcept waswas introintro ducedduced inin thethe outlyingoutlying sectionssections ofof thethe groundground.. UnderUnder thisthis planplan thethe pathspaths werewere omittedomitted andand enclosureenclosure ofof lotslots prohibited,prohibited, formingforming a broadbroad sweepsweep ooff cutcut grassgrass relievedrelieved byby treetree andand shrubshrub planting.. ^ ^ TheThe originaloriginal MountMount AuburnAuburn sitesite waswas heavilyheavily woodedwooded andand oneone ofof thethe areaarea'' s chiefchief attractattractioni onss waswas itsits wild,wild , picturesquepicturesqu elandscape landscape andan drural rural appearance.appearance . TheThe heavyheavy growthgrowth ofof treestrees waswas thinnedthinned outout beginningbeginning inin 183518 3 5 andan dby by the th e CivilCivil WarWar^demand, demandss forfor moremore burialburial spacespace andand lessless expensiveexpensive maintenancemaintenance ledled toto theth ecropping croppin gof o fhills, hills , swampswam pdrainage drainage, ,land land fillfill, , andan dextensive extensiv e treetree removalremoval andand replantingreplanting projects.. TheThe naturalnatural topographytopography ofof thethe sitesite waswas graduallygradually alteredaltered throughoutthroughout thethe 19th19th centurycentury andand exoticexotic treestrees anandd plantsplants werewere introduced,introduced, creatingcreating aa manman-mad- madee llandscapeandscapedd garden.. OverOver 2002 00 speciesspecies ofof deciduousdeciduous trees,trees, andand 6565 ofof evergreens,evergreens, nownow existexist inin thethe cemetery,cemetery, whichwhich i s s anan importantimportant birdbird sanctuary.. Dell,Dell, CentralCentral andand MountainMountain AvenuesAvenues bestbest retainretain thethe charactercharacter ofof thethe originaloriginal setting.setting. _ TheThe gravegrave markersmarkers ofof thethe cemetery'scemetery's earlyearly yearsyears werewere scatteredscattered inin woodedwooded sites,sites, butbut overover timetime thethe areaarea groundsgrounds havehave filledfilled upup andand nownow containcontain monumonu mentsments forfor overover 70,00070,000 interments.interments. TheThe earlyearly monumentsmonuments werewere fashionedfashioned ofof whitewhite marble.. BrownstoneBrownstone waswas introducedintroduced inin thethe midmid-Victoria- Victoriann period,, anandd FormForm No.. I10-300 0-300aa ((RevRev. 10-710-7441) UNUNITEITED SSTATET ATESS DDEPARTMENEPA RTMENTT OFOF THE IINTERIONTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONALNATIONAL PARKPARK SERSERVICVICEE RERECEIVE~EIYED AP.fl: 1 1975 NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER OFOF HISTORICHISTORIC PLACESPLACES DATcDATE ENTEREENTEftEOD : 2 1 197! INVENTORY--NOMINATIONINVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORMFORM I CONTINUATIONCONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE l\ 7. DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION
granitegranite andand otherother durabledurable stonestone predominatedpredominated inin thethe latterlatter partpart ofof thethe 19th19t h century.. InIn stylestyle thethe tombs,tombs, obelisks,obelisks, sarcophagi , andand headstonesheadstones reflectreflect archarchitecturai tecturall andand decorativedecorative motifsmotifs characteristiccharacteristic ofof periodsperiods rangingranging fromfrom thethe RomanRoman andand GreekGreek CClassical assi call throughthrough thethe ColonialColonial RevivalRevival andand modernmodern periods.. SomeSome ofof thethe whwhiti tee marblemarble structuresstructures andand elaborateelaborate castcast ironiron lolott enclosuresenclosures areare badlybadly deteriorateddeteriorated fromfrom thethe effectseffects ofof weatherweather andand time,time, aalthougl thoughh mostmost markersmarkers areare inin excellentexcellent conditconditioni on .
BuildingsBuildings wwithii thi n thethe MountMount AuburnAuburn groundsgrounds remainremain inin substantiallysubstantially originaloriginal conditconditioni on.. TheThe famousfamous EgyptianEgyptian RevivalRevival gategate onon Mt . AuburnAuburn Street,, a freefree interpretainterpretatiot ionn ofof thethe templestemples atat DendorahDendorah andand Thebes,, waswas bubuili ltt ffirsi rstt iinn woodwood andand duplduplicatei catedd inin granitegranite inin 1843.. TheThe gatewaygateway desdesigi gnn waswas adaptedadapted fromfrom a model developeddeveloped byby Dr. JacobJacob Bigelow,, a primeprime movermover behindbehind ththee foundingfounding ofof MountMount Auburn.Auburn.
TwoTwo otherother buildingsbuildings projectprojectee d i nn thethe originaloriginal schemescheme followfollow thethe RomanticRomantic PicturesquePicturesque stylestyle ofof architecturearchitecture envisionedenvisioned forfor tthhee cemeterycemetery groundsgrounds. BigelowBigelow Chapel,, a ssimpli mplee granitegranite structurestructure surroundedsurrounded byby a rowrow ofof octaocta gonalgonal pinnacles,, waswas designeddesigned byby BigBigeloe loww inin anan earlyearly GothicGothic RevivalRevival stylestyle. ItIt waswas firstfirst erectederected inin 18431843 andand rebuiltrebuilt toto thethe samesame designdesign inin 18581858 whenwhen thethe firstfirst chapelchapel showedshowed signssigns ofof structuralstructural weakness..
AlsoAlso inin thethe RoRomantimanticc tradtraditioi tionn isis thethe 626 2-foo- foott towertower onon ""MounMountt AuburAuburn,n,"" designeddesigned underunder BigelowBigelow'' ss directiondirection byby GridleyGridley J . F.. BryantBryant, a prominentprominent BostonBoston architect.. BuiltBuilt ofof largelarge granitegranite blocksblocks andand decorateddecorated withwith twtwoo battlementedbattlemented gagalleriel leri ess andand a seriesseries ofof lancetlancet windows,, thethe circularcircular towertower waswas completedcompleted inin 185318 53.
StoryStory ChapChapeell (18(189797)) waswas desdesigneign edd byby WWillarillardd T.. SeSeararss andand bubuililtt off P9tsdamPotsdam brbrownstoneowns tone.. TThhe cocomplemp lexx hashas a largelarge sqsquarua r ee tower,, a porporte-cocheret e - cochere ,, anandd inincludec ludess tthhee ccemetery'emetery'ss administrativeadministrative offices.offices. TheThe buildinbuildingg isis ofof a moremore academicacademic versionversion ofof thethe EnEnglisg lishh GothicGothic stylestyle employedemployed inin thethe BigelowBigelow chapel,.
A ssmalmalll restrest househouse builtbuilt sho~tlyshortly afterafter thethe turnturn ofof thisthis centurycentury isis locatedlocated atat the' SouthSouth Gate.. ThisThis buildingbuilding i ss inin a freelyfreely adaptedadapted medmedievai evall stylestyle andand hashas elaborateelaborate carvedcarved bargeboardss andand halfhalf-timbe- timberr workwork. II SIGNIFICANCESIGNIFICANCE
PEPERIORIODD AAREAREASS OFOF SIGSIGNIFICANCNIFICANCEE -- CHECKCHECK AANNDD JJUSTIFUSTIFYY BBELOELOWW _PREHISTORIC—PREHISTORIC -ARC—ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIHEOLOGY-PREHISTORICC _—COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY PLANNING .XLANDSCAPE_XLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURARCHITECTUREE _-RELIGIORELIGIONN .1, -1400-1499—1400-1499 -AARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIRCHEOLOGY-HISTORICC _CONSERV—CONSERVATIONATION _LAW—LAW -SC-SCIENCIENCEE -1500—1500-159-15999 -AGRICULTURE—AGRICULTURE -ECONOMICS—ECONOMICS _LI—LITERATURTERATUREE -SCULPTU-SCULPTURRE _1600-—1600-16916999 X-ARCHITECTUREX_ARCHITECTURE _EDUCATION—EDUCATION _M—MIUTARILITARY ; ' . ' . -50-SOCIAL/HUMANITARIACIAUHUMANITARIANN _1—1700-179700-17999 -AR—ART _ENGINEERING—ENGINEERING _MUSIC—MUSIC K _T-THEATEHEATER X,..1800-1899X-1800-1899 _CO—COMMERCMMERCEE _EXPLORATION/S—EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY—PHILOSOPHY _TRAN6-TRANSPORTATIOPORTATION X-1900-X-1900- _COMMUCOMMUNICATIONNICATIONSS __INDUSTRY—INDUSTRY ; _POLITICS/GOVPOLITICS/GOVERNMENERNMENTT _OTH-OTHEERR (SPECIFY)(SPECIFY) __INVENTION—INVENTION y^
SPECIFICSPECIFIC DATESDATES 18311831 BUILDERBUILDER/ARCHITEC/ ARCHITECTT AlexanderAlexander Wadsworth, LandscapeLandscape · Ainrahitec· ectt STATEMENTSTATEMENT OFOF SISIGNIFICANCGNIFICANCEE MountMount AuburnAuburn isis AmericaAmerica'' ss firstfirst rurarurall gardengarden cemeterycemetery andand remainsremains amongamong ththee bestbest preservedpreserved examplesexamples ofof itsits type.. InIn bothboth designdesign andand conceptconcept itit setset theth e fashionfashion forfor numerousnumerous suburbansuburban burialburial groundsgrounds throughoutthroughout ththee EastEast andand MiddlMiddlee WestWest thatthat werewere laidlaid outout untiluntil thethe latterlatter partpart ofof ththee 19th19th century.. TheThe mostmost famousfamous ofof thesethese areare MountMount AuburnAuburn''ss immediateimmediate successors,successors. LaurelLaurel HillHill iinn PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia (1836),(18 36), GreenwoodGreenwood i nn BrooklynBrooklyn (1838),(1838 ), andand ForesForestt HillsHills inin ,. • RoxburyRoxbury ((1848)1848)..
MountMount AuburnAuburn exertedexerted anan influenceinfluence onon AmericanAmerican landscapelandscape designdesign thathatt extendedextended wellwell beyonbeyondd itsits leadershipleadership ini nes establishint ablishingg a anew new typetype ofo fburial burial groundground. . ItIt waswas BostonBoston'' ss firstfirst suburbansuburban park, andand althoughalthough conceivedconceived andand carriedcarried ououtt underunder privateprivate auspices ,, thethe cemeterycemetery'' ss informal,, asymmetricalasymmetrical planplan anandd scenicscenic groundsgrounds formedformed thethe basisbasis forfor later,later, publicpublic projectsprojects likelike CentralCentral PP|^~ kk inin NewNew YorkYork CityCity andand FranklinFranklin ParkPark inin Boston.. TheThe popularitypopularity ooff l"f6untmount AuburnAuburn andand itsits imitatorsimitators i nfluen9edinfluenced AndrewAndrew JacksonJackson bowningDowning,, FrederickFrederic k LawLaw Olmsted,, andand prominentprominent citizenscitizens andand governmentgovernment offofficiali cialss ofof manmanyy largelarge andand crowdedcxowded 19th19th centurycentury industrialindustrial citiescities.
TheThe foundingfounding ofof thethe cemeterycemetery grewgrew outout ofof thethe convergenceconvergence ofof twotwo currentscurrents aatt workwork duringduring thethe earlyearly decadesdecades ofof thethe 19th19th century,, a growinggrowing AmericanAmerican inin terestterest inin horticulturehorticulture andand botany,botany, andand thethe developmentdevelopment ofof publicpublic-spirite- spiritedd schemesschemes byby privateprivate citizenscitizens inin thethe countrycountry'' s urbanurban cencenterst ers.. TheThe ideaidea foforr a rurarural gardengarden cemeterycemetery thatthat wouldwould functionfunction asas aa publicpublic parkpark andand incorincor porateporate thethe latestlatest theorietheoriess i nn landscapelandscape designdesign andand horthorticulturai culturall practicepractice waswas firstfirst promotedpromoted amongamong influentialinfluential BostoniansBostonians byby Dr. JacobJacob Bigelow,Bigelow, a prompromineni nentt physician,physician, botanistbotanist andand author.. HisHis plansplans werewere firstfirst realizedrealized witwithh thethe foundingfounding ofof thethe MassachusettsMassachusetts HorticulturaHorticulturall SocietySociety inin 1829 , theth e £irstfirst suchsuch groupgroup inin thethe country.. AmonAmongg thethe membersmembers ofof thethe SocietySociety'' s GardenGarden andand CemeteryCemetery CommitteeCommittee werweree JudgeJudge JohnJohn Story,, GeneralGeneral H.H. A.A. S.. DearbornDearborn, andand importantimportant businessbusiness andand politicalpolitical figuresfigures likelike JohnJohn Lowell,, SamuelSamuel Appleton,, EdwardEdward Everett,Everett, andand SamuelSamuel Gardner.Gardner. .> .
ThisThis CommitteeCommittee waswas organizedorganized forfor thethe purposepurpose ofof establishingestablishing a modelmodel cemeterycemetery onon thethe outskirtsoutskirts ofof Boston.. InIn 18311831 thethe groupgroup purchasedpurchased 7272 acresacres fromfrom GeorgeGeorge W.. BrimmerBrimmer forfor thisthis purposepurpose,, employingemploying AlexanderAlexander WadswortWadsworthh ttoo surveysurvey thethe tracttract forfor locationlocation ofof carriagecarriage avenuesavenues andand footpaths.. WadsworthWadsworth laterlater designeddesigned severalseveral similarsimilar gardengarden cemeteriescemeteries andand suburbansuburban developmentsdevelopments ·inin thethe BostonBoston area, employingemploying thethe informal,informal, naturalnatural roadroad configurationsconfigurations .?developeevelopedd inin thethe MountMount AuburnAuburn plan.. • mm \
IIMAJORiMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICALBIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCESREFERENCES Bigelow,, Jacob.Jacob. A HistoryHistory ofof thethe CemeteryCemetery ofof MountMount Auburn.Auburn. BostonBoston andand Cambridge:: JamesJames MonroeMonroe andand CoCo..,, 1860.186 0.
CambridgeCambridge HistoricalHistorical Commission,, SurveySurvey ofof ArchitecturalArchitectural HistoryHistory iinn Cambridge,Cambridge, VolumeVolume 4 : OldOld Cambridge.Cambridge. Cambridge:: MITMIT Press,Press, pp.. 6969-72- 72.. . D]GEOGRAPHICALDATADGEOGRAPHICAL DATA t;tfY'AIAr-M o/4o/^ eCV> 7J ACREAGEACREAGE OFOF NOMINATEDNOMINATED PROPERTYPROPERTY --~.1~7~1-7□---0 UTM REFERENCESREFERENCES 1-lv'JJWALIA~^ ~P|2.2|8.7.0 12,2 ,s, 7 ,01| · 1144., 66t919 t^ p15.0.0 .0 ,o1 I 3^ I3|2,3 |7.7.0| I 4. 9.3|4 .Q.Oj ZONE EASTIEASTINNGG · NORTHINGNORTHING ZONE EASTING NORTHING ~\->^c|lclli2J^ 13bl2.3l7.6.0 l?Jl716,o!| 1|4.6|9.^-^5Q4,619, ~3 50|! 6'-' oLk^ \l}2j2^^6£\ I 4. £i ^ 2|3 .8.0I VERBALVERBAL BOUNDARYBOUNDARY DESCRDESCRIPTIOIPTIONN MountMount AuburnAuburn StreetStreet onon th~the north;north; CoolidgeCoolidge AvenueAvenue onon thethe easteast , aannd d south;south; GroveGrove StreetStreet andand RomanRoman CatholicCatholic CemeteryCemetery onon thethe westwest.
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mFORM[FORM PREPAREDPREPARED BBYY NAMENAME/TITL/ TITLEE PaPatricitriciaa WeWeslofr-skislo~:lllkt,, SurveySurvey DirectorDirector andand KathlynKathlyn Hatch, CambridgeCambridge HistoricalHistorical CommissiCommissi~ ^ ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION DATEDATE MassachusettsMassachusetts HistoricalHistorical CommissionCommission FebruaryFebruary 17,17, 1975197 5 STREETSTREET & NUMBERNUMBER TELEPTELEPHON.HONEE 4040 BBeacoeaconn StreetStreet (617)(617) 727-84~7.0727-8470___ _ _ CITYCITY OROR TOWNTOWN STATESTATE BostonBoston MassachusettsMassachusetts IESAASTATTE E HISTORICHISTORIC PRESERVATIONPRESERVATION OFFICEROFFICER CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION THETHE EVALUATEDEVALUATED SIGNIFICANCESIGNIFICANCE OFOF THISTHIS PROPERTYPROPERTY WITHINWITHIN THETHE STATESTATE ISIS: : NATIONAL_2(NATI0NAL_> AsAs thethe designateddesignated StateState HHistoriistoricc PreservationPreservation OfficerOfficer forfor thethe NationalNational HHistoriistoricc PreservationPreservation ActAct ofof 19661966 ((PubliPublicc LawLaw 8989-665)-665).. I · herebyhereby nominatenominate thisthis propertyproperty forfor inclusioninclusion inin thethe NationalNational RegisterRegister andand cenifycertify thatthat ~it hashas bebee_enn evaluatedevaluated accordingaccording toto thethe criteriacriteria andand proceduresprocedures setset fonhforth byby thethe NationalNational ParkPark Service. FEDERALFEDERAL RREPRESENTATIVEPRESENTATIVEE SIGNATURSIGNATURE Cf tl;;na~ TITLETITLE Mass. state Historic Preservation Officer 1 / / "7 FOR NPS.USi'ONWF™' ' "-'s•< ' " • 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER L-1, ^ DATE DIRE \. OFFtQE OF ^CHEpLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ATTEST DATE KEEPER OF TBt NATIONAL REGISTER Aiiiir#iiiaiy£i-1i FormForm No. 10-300&10-300a (IRevRev. 110-740-74) UNUNITEITED SSTATETATES DEPARTMDEPARTMENENT OFOF THE IINTERIONTERIOR :FOFORJ( NNPPSUSES USE OONLNL..VY •. NATIONALNATIONAL PAPARRK SERVICESERVICE ~eceRECEIVE}~eoD APR 1I _ 19751975 . ,,. '. ', '(.. -~~~ ,.. NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER OFOF lilSTORICHISTORIC PLACESPLACES APk ~ 1 S75 IINVENTORNVENTORYY --- NOMINATIONNOMINATION FORMFORM DATE ENTERED COCONTNTIINUAT NUATIOIONN SHEET SHEET ITEMM NUMNUMBEBER 8 PAGEPAGE 2.,2, 8 . SIGNIFICANCESIGNIFICANCE TheThe numerousnumerous monumentsmonuments werewere designeddesigned byby artists,artists, archarchitectsi tects,, locallocal stostonecuttersn ecutters,, andand membersmembers ofof thethe familiesfamilies ofof tthh ee deceased.. TheyThey reflectreflect a wwidi dee rangerange ofof 19th19th centurycentury architecturalarchitectural andand decoratdecorativi vee stylesstyles.. AmongAmong thethe manymany impoimportanrtantt gragravve markersmarkers areare thethe GreekGreek RevivalRevival templetemple tombtomb ooff SamuelSamuel Appleton,, thethe figurefigure scsculpturu lpturee ofof thethe MagounMagoun monumentmonument ofof ththee 1840sISM-Os, thethe portraitportrait sculptsculptururee ofof thethe BinneyBinney monument , andand thethe BuBulfincl f i nchh monument,, whichwhich iincorporatencorporatess anan urnurn fromfrom thethe architectarchitect'' s TontineTontine CrescentCrescent ofof 17931793-95- 95.. TheThe sculpturesculpture waswas especiaespecialllly importantimportant inin thatthat itit providedprovided a forumforum forfor thatthat artart formform inin anan ereraa whenwhen thethe publicpublic hadhad littlelittle accessaccess ttoo ororiginai ginall sculpturesculpture byby AmericanAmerican artistsartists. AmoAmonng thethe natnationalli onallyy renownedrenowned BostoniansBostonians buriedburied atat MountMount AuburnAuburn araree LouisLouis Agassiz,, PhilipsPhilips Brooks,, CharlesCharles Bulfinch,, DorotheaDorothea Dix, , MaryMary BakerBaker Eddy, AsaAsa Gray,, HoratioHoratio Greenough,, OlOlivei verr WendellWendell HHolmeso l mes,, WWinsloi nsloww Homer,Homer, JuliaJulia WardWard Howe , HenryHenry WadsworthWadsworth Longfellow,, AmyAmy Lowell,, JamesJames RussellRussell Lowell,, andand CharlesCharles Sumner. ' FormForm No.. 10-300a10-300a (Rev(Rev. 110-74O · 74)) UNUNITEITED SSTATET ATESS DEPARTMDEPARTMENENT OFOF THE IINTERIONTERIORR FOR NPS USE ONLY ^ ^ NATIONALNATIONAL PARKPARK SERVICESERVICE RECEIVED REC~tvio~: APR 1 -' 19751 .i; (. ^ ';~.. , NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER OFOF IDSTORICHISTORIC PLACESPLACES ' INVENTORYINVENTORY --NOMINATION-- NOMINATION FORMFORM PDAT~lE .f:'~TEt:lEENTEREdD ': ;,' . CONTINUATIONCONTINUATION SHEETSHEET ITEMITEM NUMBERNUMBER 9 PAGEPAGE ~3 9 . MAJORMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICALBIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCESREFERENCES Dearborn,, Nathaniel.. GuideGuide ThroughThrough MountMount Auburn.. Boston, 1851.1851 . Monroe,Monroe, J.J. A StrangerStranger'' s GuideGuide BookBook toto MountMount AuburnAuburn Cemetery.. • Boston,Boston, 18491849.. PicturesquePicturesque PocketPocket CompanionCompanion andand VisitorVisitor'' ss GuideGuide ThroughThrough MountMount Auburn.. Boston:: Otis,, BroadersBroaders &S Company,, 18391839.. Stevens,, L. M.. HandbookHandbook forfor PassengersPassengers overover thethe CambridgeCambridge RailroadRailroad WithWith a DescrDescriptioi ptionn ofof MountMount Auburn.Auburn. Boston,Boston, 18581858. . , Story,, Joseph.. "An"An AddressAddress atat thethe DedicatDedicatioi onn ofof MountMount AuburnAuburn Cemetery,, SeptemberSeptember 24,24, 1831.1831." AppendixAppendix withwith historicalhistorical notice,notice, descriptdescriptioni on,, andand a listlist ofof subscrsubscribersi bers.. Boston,Boston, 1831.1831 . TrusteesTrustees ofof MountMount AuburnAuburn Cemetery.. AnnualAnnual ReportsReports ofof thethe TrusteesTrustees, TogetherTogether withwith ReportsReports off thethe TreasurerTreasurer andand SuperSuperintendenti ntendent.. . Boston,Boston, 189-189- .. Walter,, CorneliaCornelia W.. withwith JamesJames SmSmilliei llie,, ill.ill. RuralRural CemeteriesCemeteries ooff AmerAmericai ca:: MountMount Auburn.. NeNeww York , 185018 50.. Form No . 10-30la l'?ev. 10-H) UNITED ST ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS use ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AECEl YEO APRl . 1975 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ATE ENTEAEO R 2 1 1915 SEE INSTRUCTiONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH DNAME HISTORIC Mount Auburn Cemetery AND/ OR CO MMON same rJLOCATION CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY STATE Cambridge Middlesex MA IJ PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDI T Richard Creek DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Cambridge Historical Commission D IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. 2 stereopticon view of Bigelow Chapel , looking s outhwest OF L f I Form No. 10-301 a (Rev. 10- 74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH ■ NAME HISTORIC · Mount Auburn Cemetery AND/ OR COMMON Sarne IJLOCATION CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY STATE Cambridge Middlesex Ma ssachusetts ~------11 PHOTO REFERENCE ------PHOTO CREDIT Richard Cheek DATE OF PHOTO 1969 NEGATIVEFILEDAT Cambridge Hist9rical Commission 57 Inman St ., Cambridge, MA. D IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. North Perspective of Entrance Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street ~ ~ ~ f ... II --•l Fo rm No. 10-301 a !'?ev. 10- 7 '•l UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR F.OR Nf>SUSE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES tlECEIVED APR l 1975 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ATE .ENTEfU:D SEE INSTRUCTiONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH IINAME HISTORIC Mount Auburn Cemetery AND/ OR COMMON same rJLOCATION CITY, TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY STATE Cambridge Middlesex MA IJ PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT DATE OF PHOTO Richard C~eek 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Cam b ri. d ge Historical . . Commission. II IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. 3 2 looking southeast at the Bulfinch Memorial l .,.. • Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, MA Asa Gray Garden and Bigelow Chapel, ca. 1870 Stereoscopic view - photo grapher unknown Do not reproduce without permission FormForm No.No. 1010-30-3011 ((RevRev. 1010-74-74) LJUNITENITEDD STSTATEATES S DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT OFOF THETHE INTERIORINTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONALNATIONAL PARKPARK SERVICESERVICE l*EC£iVED NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER OFOF HISTORICHISTORIC PLACESPLACES PROPERTYPROPERTY MAPMAP FORMFORM jPATE ENTERED ^ SEESEE INSTRUCTIONSINSTRUCTIONS ININ HOWHOW TOTO COMPLETECOMPLETE NATIONALNATIONAL REGISTERREGISTER FORMSFORMS TYPETYPE ALLALL ENTRIESENTRIES ·-·- ENCLOSEENCLOSE WITHWITH MAPMAP ONAMENAME HHISTORIISTORICC MountyiQ^^ AuburnAubum CemeteryCemetery ANDAND/O/ORR COMMONCOMMON samesame II LOCATIONLOCATION STATE CITYCITY.TOW. TOWNN Cambridgec^^bridge _VICINITY—VICINITYO OFF couNTY MiddlesexMiddlesex MMAA II MAPMAP REFERENCEREFERENCE SOURCESOURCE UnitedUnited StatesStates GeologicalGeological Survey, Lexington, Mass . QuadrangleQuadrangle SCALESCALE , „, DATEDATE 11:24,00: 24 ,000r,r,r0\ "^'^ 19719711 II REQUIREMENTSREQUIREMENTS TOTO BEBE INCLUDEDINCLUDED ONON ALLALL MAPSMAPS 1 .. PROPERTYPROPERTY BOUNDARIESBOUNDARIES INT: 2986-75 2. NORTHNORTH ARROWARROW 3. UTMUTM REFERENCESREFERENCES Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10- 74) uNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF T HE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP 0NAME HISTORIC Mount Auburn Cemetery AND/OR COMM?,ime D LOCATION CITY, TOWN Cambridge _VICINITY OF couNTY Middlesex STATE MA II MAP REFERENCE SOURCE United States Geological Survey, Newton, Mass. quadrangle SCALE 1:24,000 DATE 1970 D REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES INT : 2986-75 2 . NORTH ~RROW 3. UTM REf;ERENCES Property ~ fyjj^^f^^^^^^ (^2^-^-L'CA.-i^ M: JJ le sc.)l StateState Working Number L/, /,, //S,, TECHNICALTECHNICAL CONTROL PhotosPhotos __4_/i _ , ^// 9;^ Maps J l< S/^5>^5 J:4 S - 0^ ii fO^f/lU^l-l^l ^^^^^ ^ ^ HISTORIAN- 1 ARCHITECTURALARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANHISTORIAN flee.~, '-'=Uo\J&c-6-t '4•7-TS' --- -ARCHEOLOGISTARCHEOLOGIST OTHEROTHER HAERHAER ' InventorInventory-y · __ | ReviewReview 1 REVIEWREVIEW UNITUNIT CHIEFCHIEF Ga)V€ ~t(\ •\1·1~ BRANCHBRANCH CHIEFCHIEF ~v( 1/.•?'S' KEEPER 75^ NationaNationall RegisterRegister Write-upWrite-up ____ Send-backSend-back ____ EnteredEntered A^'^PKR 2^ 1^ 19?1971g ,_ Federal Register Entry Re-submitRe-submit ____ Federal Register Entry G,-~-1e,(c'h'^l^ INT:2106-74INT:2I06-74 UnitedUnited StatesStates DepartmentDepartment ofof thethe InteriorInterior NationaNationall ParkPark ServiceService WASOWASO No.No . 77 ¥€1 ENTRIESENTRIES ININ THETHE NATIONANATIONALL REGISTEREGISTERR STATSTATEE MJLglACaOSgTTMlllCBUllftl DateDate EntereEnteredd PR 2 1 19751975 NamNamee LocationLocation Qaltariatubaa lJaiYWMliatValvwrMdIiic CtnwttCllu'Qhi ItedfoNeUodH ..•ad FuraoBftt...... * Of.If 11al1 Uecnie, IS.tmt ettf Ball Historie Blstviet lfi4ili«MK Cmmty rttmt imftUt Ckmmth ...... ldatelWti»t»i CMDty cowBtjr ...... ft --... w. / lUMlMlddlMMt.... 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YEsYES NONO ARCHITARCHITECTURAL.ECTURAL STYLE!STYLE: E.1~^fe^J^ ~>H\JM../l^lViOL/S^Ym^ll^e8\(PnOvN ?,E.\Jl\l°'·,L/P^MlVJilL/ ~ntic..eojWtC. aa/chitect^»5bw*«efa?^'^^ chitect/-~ 'DR.~~^ 8,t ETHNIC GROUP: ' ' ' • V''':^ ^ ' .. r^yyv^: •:•:<' • NAMES: P.ersoual (l)~R.. ~b ?:>IE,t.LoW- 1) (label role p~ "~ ~ ~EA-hN -n-t' & ~~jlAf&.Lt6.ttM~• ' . * ~• *Y\r. ~v &\JW CE.+,\~y . appropriate date) NAMES* eve11tsevents * nersonal O^m^^t^b t>»ee4-0Wi- M>vh*42_ C>£>HMD THS. appropriate date) institutionalinstitutional · /I DATES:DATES! DATE OF CONSTRUCTIOCONSTRUCTIONN (Specific (Specific date dateor 1/4 or of1/4 century): of century): /<;/ 3 /^ j DATEDATE(S (S)) OFOF "MAJOR""MAJOR" ALTERATIONSALTERATIONS:: ' HISTORICALLYHISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANSIGNIFICA..~TT DATE(S)DATE(S):: SOURCE: SOURCE: (OF(OF NOMINATION)NOMINATION) PRIVATPRIVATEE ( STATS''., LOCALLOCAL GOV"GOV"TT MUNICIPALMUNICIPAL COUNTCOUNTYY • OTHEROTHER FEDEFJl.LFEDERAL 'AGENC 'AGENCY8Y: : • ACREAGE: ACREAGE: (to(to nearestnearest tenthtenth ~fanof an acre)acre) /no f Q COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) ' ' \ ' ^ cmh^n.n,^ ^^^'ya^^/'^ lo^^^j.^ ^^^^ n^^-i) fQ>J^ya^ys a>ta^ ll • ^ J r 10ANCE:(maxii;L tZ««Ttencea) 7^ ^ /JU^yUS yiiMjlAlcL^ j&Shniany clu^ma Qkul^ ^iyl/'ncl ^^^^^-Hj.c^ /7^/?2tf^ ^^t/A^io ^arc*/ ^KyufQ^j ^^i/'4-kjuf -^^y^i^ka^t ^^^W^ The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission 26 November 2013 Mr. J. Paul Loether National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8th floor Washington, DC 20005 Re: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge and Watertown. NRIS 75000254 Dear Mr. Loether: It has recently been brought to our attention that Mount Auburn Cemetery (NR 4/21/1975 and NHL 5/27/2003) is included in the National Register Information System (NRIS) only under Cambridge. This may be a reflection of the 1975 National Register nomination form, which only listed Cambridge. At the time of the NHL listing, both Cambridge and Watertown were cited in the NHL nomination; and Carol Schull's 2003 acknowledgement also identifies both Cambridge and Watertown. I am enclosing the first page of the NHL nomination and Carol Schull's letter. We would be grateful if you would change the references in the NRIS to show both Cambridge and Watertown in the NRIS. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, ~1~ Betsy Friedberg U National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosures cc: David Russo, Watertown Historical Commission Charles Sullivan, Cambridge Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state. ma. us/sec/mhc NATIONAL IDSTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION NPS Form 10-900 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev 8-86) 0MB No. 1024-0018 MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY Page 1 United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1. NAME OF PROPERTY Historic Name: Mount Auburn Cemetery Other Name/Site Number: n/a 2. LOCATION Street & Number: Roughly bounded by Mount Auburn Street, Not for publication:_ Coolidge A venue, Grove Street, the Sand Banks Cemetery, and Cottage Street City/Town: Watertown and Cambridge Vicinity_;_ State: Massachusetts Code: MA County: Middlesex Code: 017 Zip Code: 024 72 and 02318 3. CLASSIFICATION Ownership of Property Category of Property Private: X Building(s ): Public-Local: District: x__ Public-State: Site: Public-Federal:_ Structure: Object:_ Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing _4_ _4_ buildings _1_ sites _6_ _ 4_ structures _li_ __objects ~ _8_ Total Number of Contributing Resources Previously Listed in the National Register: _lL Name of Related Multiple Property Listing: n/a United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN O9 2003 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 IN REPLY REFER TO: H3417(2280) JUN 4 2003 Ms. Cara Metz, SHPO Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Dear Ms. Metz: I am pleased to inform you that the Mount Aubum Cemetery in Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been found to possess national s1gmftcance in the history of the United States. As a result, the Secretary of the Interior designated this property a National Historic Landmark on May 27, 2003. The purpose of landmark designation is to identify and recognize nationally significant sites and to encourage their owners to preserve them. Landmarks are chosen after careful study by the National Park Service. They are evaluated by the National Park System Advis01y Board and designated by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Designation as aNational Historic Landmark automatically places a property in the National Register of Historic Places, if it is not already so listed, and extends to it the safeguards and benefits provided by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and other Federal laws protecting historic properties. Each Landmark is eligible to receive one bronze plaque to commemorate the prope1ty's designation. The owner(s) will shortly be contacted by a National Historic Landmarks coordinator for their area about applying for their plaque. If you have any questiQns about the plaque or the designation please contact Ms. Patty Henry of the National Historic Landmarks Survey at 202/354-2216. We are pleased to include the Mount Auburn Cemetery on the roll of National Historic Landmarks as significant representatives of our Nation's heritage. Sincerely, Carol D. Shull Chief, National Historic Landmarks Survey and Keeper, National Register of Historic Places ,_ r ---""'Ill Mour1-f A-u Jou ll!.n CeJr1e-ler v 7500025'-I /I I 8 I () y (Resource Name) I (Reference Number[s]) (Date form completed) /J1,ddle.s-0K {'wr;f-q- /71/1 .-__:5,RZ. IN.K c_E (County) (State) (Completed by) STATUS: 1. MISSING_ 2. REMOVED/ _ 3. NHL _X 4. TR _ 5. MRA _ 6. OVEA· _ 7. NPS- _ 8. DOE -_ 9. RESTRICTED DEMOLISHED SIZED UNDOCUMENTED OWNER OBJECTION -- EXPLANATION : 1 Missing Status: Entire Folder ( ); Nomination ( ); Map(s) ( ): Photos ( ) Available on : Microfiche ( ): Optical Disk ( ) 2. I I (Cause for removal) (Date Removed) 3. s 1 27 1 zoos (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) (Date Designated) 4. (If multi-state/county TR , state/county where filed and location) (TR or MAA Name) 5 (If multi-state/county MAA, state/county where filed and location) 6. (Location of oversize file) 7. I I (Current source of partial documentation) (Target Date) COMMENTS: I I (Where found, or source of replacement) (Date Found/Replaced) ,. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Register of Historic Places Locator Card WASO 21 JAN. 1986 II,._ - j