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Westerly Burial Ground

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States

Field	Value
name	Westerly Burial Ground
image	WesterlyBG2.JPG
location	West Roxbury, Massachusetts
coordinates
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architect	James Foster II, J. N.[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.816](https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.816)
added	November 20, 1987
refnum	87001401

The Westerly Burial Ground (also known as Westerly Burying Ground) 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. Its last documented burial was in 1962.

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.

References

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System Inventory No: BOS.816

Image gallery

Image:WesterlyBG.JPG|Westerly Burying Ground, general view Image:WesterlyBG2.JPG|Westerly Burying Ground, close-up 1 Image:WesterlyBG3.JPG|Westerly Burying Ground, close-up 2

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
(13 July 2016). "Historic Burying Grounds Initiative".
"MACRIS inventory record for Westerly Burial Ground". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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