Rural cemetery
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A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that was popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to overcrowding in and health concerns about urban graveyards, w
A 19th-century painting of Mount Auburn Park by Thomas Chambers
Landscaping and tree planting at Green-Wood Cemetery in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City
Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
The Egyptian Revival entrance gate of Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a
Rural cemetery
…on a grand scale, architectural design and careful planting inspired by the English garden movement. The first rural cemetery in the United States was Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded by Dr. Jacob Bigelow and Henry Dearborn of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1831. The city of Boston…
The cemetery in 2005
A panoramic view of the Downtown Boston skyline as seen from Washington Tower at the cemetery
Bigelow Chapel
Fir Avenue mark in cemetery