Copp's Hill Burying Ground
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 The Copp's Hill Burying Ground |
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| location | Boston , Massachusetts | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 22 '2 " N , 71 ° 3' 23" W | ||
| Built | 1659 | ||
| NRHP number | 74000385 | ||
| The NRHP added | April 18, 1974 | ||
The Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . Its original name was North Burying Ground .
history
The cemetery was established on February 20, 1659 as the city's second cemetery after the King's Chapel Burying Ground . The city bought the property on Copp's Hill from John Baker and Daniel Turell to open what was then the North Burying Ground . Today's Copp's Hill Burying Ground , often referred to as the Copp's Hill Burial Ground , contains graves of many well-known Boston citizens from the colonial era .
The first expansion of the site took place on January 7, 1708, when the city bought more land from Samuel Sewall and his wife Hannah. The property was part of a larger pasture that Mrs. Sewall had inherited from her father, John Hull, who had been a master at the mint .
Benjamin Weld and his wife sold the city the second extension on 18 December 1809 at a price of 10,000 US dollars , shortly after it from Jonathan Merry had bought, which had used the land for grazing. Ten years later Charles Wells , later mayor of Boston , bought a small piece of land from John Bishop of Medford and used it as a cemetery. This was later united with the adjacent North Burying Ground . Due to this complicated past, it is no longer possible to correctly determine the original boundaries of the cemetery.
On the Snow Hill Street side, there are many unmarked graves of African American people who lived at the foot of the hill in the New Guinea Community. In addition to these, there are 272 other graves, most of which are still legible today.
From around 1840 the cemetery was rarely used, but the city continued to maintain the site, albeit with interruptions. By 1878, however, the site was as good as forgotten. Today the cemetery is part of the Freedom Trail and is visited by many tourists and photographers . The Copp's Hill Burying Ground is in the since 1974 National Register of Historic Places entered.
Graves of famous personalities
- The children of William Copp
- Increase Mather - Puritan Pastor
- Cotton Mather - Puritan Pastor
- Robert Newman - Patriot who lit the signal lanterns on the tower of Old North Church for Paul Revere's midnight ride to Lexington and Concord
- Prince Hall - Father of Black Freemasonry
- George Worthylake - First Guardian of the Boston Light
Web links
| Official stations |
Boston Common • Massachusetts State House • Park Street Church • Granary Burying Ground • King's Chapel • King's Chapel Burying Ground • Benjamin Franklin Statue • Boston Latin School • Old Corner Bookstore • Old South Meeting House • Old State House • Scene of the Boston Massacre • Faneuil Hall • Paul Revere House • Old North Church • Copp's Hill Burying Ground • USS Constitution • Bunker Hill Monument |
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| Unofficial stations |
Boston Navy Yard • Breed's Hill • Charlestown Bridge • Dock Square • Hanover Street • New England Holocaust Memorial • North Square • Pie Alley • Quincy Market • School Street • Union Street |
