Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Chelsea

Chelsea Garden Cemetery

Chelsea Garden Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in . The cemetery was established in 1841 to provide the city a burying ground in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style, and was the first cemetery within the city limits.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: historic cemetery in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Garden Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bellingham–Cary House and Donald McKay House.

Museum
The is a historic house museum at 34 Parker Street in . The house, built in 1724, may incorporate in its structure the 1659 hunting lodge of colonial governor Richard Bellingham and is the only surviving 18th-century building in the city. is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Chelsea Garden Cemetery.

Historic building
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The is a privately owned historic house at 78–80 White Street in , . It was the residence of Donald McKay, a builder of clipper ships. is situated 3,600 feet south of Chelsea Garden Cemetery.

Railway station
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is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station located adjacent to the Mystic Mall in . is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Chelsea Garden Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellingham Square Historic District and Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District.

Neighborhood
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is a historic district encompassing the civic and commercial heart of , . Roughly bounded by Broadway, Shawmut, Chestnut, and Shurtleff Streets, the district was almost entirely built in the aftermath of the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908, and is a monument to the civic planning that took place at the time.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district roughly bounded by Shurtleff, Marginal, and Division Streets and Bellingham Square in , .

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district roughly bounded by Meridian, Princeton, and White Streets meeting in Prescott Square in the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Chelsea Garden Cemetery

Latitude
42.39034° or 42° 23′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.03258° or 71° 1′ 57″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87JC9XR8+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29883317
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4937552
Wiki­data ID
Q5090077
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