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Central Burying Ground

The Central Burying Ground is a in , , United States. It was established on in 1756. It is located on Boylston Street between Tremont Street and .
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Boston Common Burying Ground”, “Central Burial Ground”, and “Central Burying Ground, Boston”
  • Address: 125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02108

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colonial Theatre and Boston Public Garden.

Theater building
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The in , , opened in 1900, is the oldest continually-operating theatre in the city. It is located at 106 Boylston Street on at the former site of the 's central branch.

Park
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The Public Garden, also known as , is a large park in the of , , adjacent to . It is a part of the system of parks and is bounded by and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and to the north, Arlington Street and to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.

Theater building
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The at Emerson College, in , , is a 1903 Beaux Arts style theater, designed by the architect John Galen Howard. is situated 560 feet southeast of Central Burying Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Bay Village.

Suburb
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Downtown is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.

Neighborhood
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is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of , , United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

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Downtown is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.

Central Burying Ground

Latitude
42.35291° or 42° 21′ 11″ north
Longitude
-71.06606° or 71° 3′ 58″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Inception
1756
Operator
Boston Parks & Recreation Department
Open location code
87JC9W3M+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29818933
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4932602
Wiki­data ID
Q5060485
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Central Burying Ground”. Photo: Kathy, CC BY 2.0.