Oak Grove Cemetery (Gloucester, Massachusetts)

The Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery, founded in 1854, which is bounded by Derby, Washington, and Grove Sts., and Maplewood Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The cemetery was founded by a group of local businessmen who sought to establish a cemetery in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. They hired landscape architects Robert Morris Copeland and Horace William Shaler Cleveland to lay out a series of winding lanes. The Bradford Chapel was built through a bequest by George R. Bradford, another local businessman, and built in 1903–04. The cemetery is still privately owned, and has grown over time to occupy 11 acres (4.5 ha).[2]

Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery
LocationGloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°37′10″N 70°40′14″W
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1854
ArchitectCleveland, Horace William Shaler; Copeland, Robert Morris
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.75000263 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1975

It is the burial place of the operatic soprano Emma Abbott (1850–1891).[3]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Community Preservation Act Application (Rehabilitation and Restoration of Oak Grove Cemetery)". City of Gloucester. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  3. "Take a walking tour of Oak Grove Cemetery". Wicked Loca1 Gloucester. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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