West Parish Burying Ground

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location= River and Cherry street, West Newton, Massachusetts
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added = December 13, 2004
governing_body = City of Newton, Massachusetts
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West Parish Burying Ground, also known as "River Street Burying Ground", is an historic cemetery located at River and Cherry streets in West Newton, Massachusetts, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Second Church in Newton, its original owner, was the "West Parish", the Second Church in Newton.

Notable grave sites

*Rev. William Greenough, died November 10, 1831, first pastor of the Second Church in Newton. [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/riverstreet.htm Interment.net]

National Register listing

*West Parish Burying Ground (added 2004 - Site - #04001221)
*Also known as River Street Burying Ground
*River and Cherry Sts., Newton
*Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
*Architect, builder, or engineer: Cary, A., et.al.
*Architectural Style: No Style Listed
*Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Art, Social History
*Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
*Owner: Local Gov't
*Historic Function: Funerary
*Historic Sub-function: Cemetery
*Current Function: Funerary
*Current Sub-function: Cemetery

Present ownership

West Parish Burying Ground is owned today by the City of Newton, which lists it on its assessment rolls as "Old West Newton Cemetery" with convert|70560|sqft|m2|0 [ [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/assessors2003/InteractiveMap.asp?id=33034+0009 City of Newton, Mass. - Maps ] ] , but other city webpages list it as "River Street Cemetery". [ [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Library/Bibliographies/Newtoniana/ana11.htm Cemeteries of Newton ] ]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts

References

External links

* [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/riverstreet.htm Interment.net list of inscriptions for River Street Cemetery]