Vine Lake Cemetery
Vine Lake Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Main Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. First established in 1651, this 32-acre cemetery has grown and evolved over the centuries, and remains the town's only public cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Email: vinelakecemetery@medfield.net
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Medfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Address: 625 Main Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dwight–Derby House and First Parish Unitarian Church.
Dwight–Derby House
Museum
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Dwight–Derby House is at 7 Frairy Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. The Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory took samples of the house frame in 2007 and determined that the earliest, southwest portion of the house was built in 1697, and an addition was built to the east in 1713. Dwight–Derby House is situated 2,100 feet east of Vine Lake Cemetery.
First Parish Unitarian Church
Place of worship
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The First Parish Unitarian Church, now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Medfield, is a historic church on North Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. First Parish Unitarian Church is situated 2,400 feet east of Vine Lake Cemetery.
Peak House
Museum
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peak House Heritage Center is a historic site located in Medfield, Massachusetts. According to tradition, the original house was built in 1651 by Benjamin Clark, was burned during the King Philip's War on February 21, 1676, and was rebuilt ca. Peak House is situated 1 mile east of Vine Lake Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medfield and Millis.
Medfield
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Medfield is a town of 13,000 people in Massachusetts. Medfield was first settled by Anglo-Americans in 1649 after the land was taken from the Neponset Native Americans.
Millis
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Walpole
Vine Lake Cemetery
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: Town of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.18674° or 42° 11′ 12″ northLongitude
-71.31565° or 71° 18′ 56″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Inception
1651Operator
Town of Medfield Cemetery CommissionOpen location code
87JC5MPM+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 29819341OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cemeteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4953934Wikidata ID
Q7932377
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