Granary Burying Ground

The Granary Burying Ground in is the city of 's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street. It is the burial location of Revolutionary War-era patriots, including Paul Revere, Christopher Seider, who was the first…
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  • Cemetery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 feet (20 metres)
  • …dates from 1660
  • Description: cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Also known as
    “Granary Burial Ground”
    “Old Granary Burial Ground”
    “South Burial Ground”
    “The Old Granary”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boston Athenæum and Park Street Church.
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Library
The is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States.
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Church
Park Street Congregational Church, founded in 1809…
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Government building
The , also known as the… is situated 690 feet northwest of Granary Burying Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boston and Adams Square.
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A city of history and tradition, offers a proud…
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Locality
was a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
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Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods.

Granary Burying Ground

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Latitude
42.35734° or 42° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
-71.06177° or 71° 3′ 42″ west
Open location code
87JC9W4Q+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29861355
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4938063
Wiki­data ID
Q1140339

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Granary Burying Ground” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qranari qəbiristanlığı”
  • Basque: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Belarusian: “Грана­ры”
  • Belarusian: “некропаль Грана­ры”
  • Chinese: “穀倉墓地”
  • Chinese: “谷仓墓地”
  • Czech: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Danish: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Danish: “Granary Kirkegaard”
  • Dutch: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • French: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • German: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות גרנארי”
  • Italian: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Japanese: “グラナリー墓地”
  • Korean: “그래너리 공동 묘지”
  • Korean: “그래너리 묘지”
  • Kurdish: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Russian: “Кладбище Гранари”
  • Russian: “нек­ро­поль Гра­на­ри”
  • Slovak: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Slovenian: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Swedish: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Tagalog: “Granary Burying Ground”
  • Turkish: “Granary Gömü Alanı”

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