Phipps Street Burying Ground
The Phipps Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Phipps Street in Charlestown, now a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: historic cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Old Phipps Street Burial Ground”, “Phillips Street Burying Ground”, and “Phipps Street Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include TD Garden and USS Constitution.
TD Garden
Stadium
Photo: Nywalton, Public domain.
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 3,900 feet south of Phipps Street Burying Ground.
USS Constitution
Museum
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat. USS Constitution is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Phipps Street Burying Ground.
Bunker Hill Monument
Scenic viewpoint
The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, which was among the first major battles between the United Colonies and the British Empire in the American Revolutionary War. Bunker Hill Monument is situated 1,900 feet east of Phipps Street Burying Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlestown and Sullivan Square.
Charlestown
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boston's Charlestown was the traditional home of employees at the now-decommissioned Navy Yard. It has experienced a shift in its population and industry and an increasing number of young professionals are joining the families who have lived in the area for years.
Sullivan Square
Locality
Sullivan Square is a traffic circle located at the north end of the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after James Sullivan, an early 19th-century Governor of Massachusetts.
Inner Belt District
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Inner Belt District is a 126-acre industrial district located in the southeastern portion of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Along with nearby Brickbottom, the Inner Belt is a historically industrial zone of Somerville, with factories, warehouses, distribution centers, railroad connections, regional maintenance facilities, MBTA and Amtrak offices, retail stores and a hotel.
Phipps Street Burying Ground
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37626° or 42° 22′ 35″ northLongitude
-71.06765° or 71° 4′ 4″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87JC9WGJ+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 29818847OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cemeteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4947140Wikidata ID
Q7186417
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