Brookdale Cemetery

Brookdale Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. More than 28,000 people are buried there. Mother Brook runs behind it.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Church and Fairbanks House.

St. Mary’s Church

Church

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St. Mary of the Assumption Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Dedham, Massachusetts, in the Archdiocese of Boston. The first church was constructed in Dedham Centre in 1857 and it was formally established as a parish in 1866. St. Mary’s Church is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Brookdale Cemetery.

Fairbanks House

Museum

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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Fairbanks House is situated 3,300 feet south of Brookdale Cemetery.

Norfolk County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Norfolk County Courthouse, also known as the William D. Delahunt Courthouse, is a National Historic Landmark at 650 High Street in Dedham, Massachusetts. Norfolk County Courthouse is situated 3,500 feet west of Brookdale Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Readville and West Roxbury.

Readville

Neighborhood

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Readville is part of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Readville's ZIP Code is 02136. It was called Dedham Low Plains from 1655 until it was renamed after James Read, the owner of the Dedham Manufacturing Company along Mother Brook, in 1847. Readville is situated 1½ miles southeast of Brookdale Cemetery.

West Roxbury

Suburb

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West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the village of Chestnut Hill and the town of Brookline to the north, the city of Newton to the northwest, the towns of Dedham and Needham to the southwest, and Hyde Park to the southeast. West Roxbury is situated 2 miles north of Brookdale Cemetery.

Hyde Park

Suburb

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Hyde Park is the southernmost neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated 7.9 miles south of downtown Boston, it is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups. Hyde Park is situated 2 miles east of Brookdale Cemetery.

Brookdale Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts
Categories: historic site and burial
Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2518° or 42° 15′ 7″ north

Longitude

-71.16409° or 71° 9′ 51″ west

Elevation

115 feet (35 metres)

Open location code

87JC7R2P+P9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29838254

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=cemetery

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4931467

Wikidata ID

Q54984421

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