Maplewood Cemetery

Maplewood Cemetery is a cemetery in Barre, Washington, Vermont. Maplewood Cemetery is situated nearby to the neighborhood Barre Downtown Historic District, as well as near Currier Park Historic District.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hope Cemetery and Vermont Granite Museum.

Hope Cemetery

Cemetery

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Hope Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Barre, Vermont. The city calls itself the "Granite Capital of the World", and the cemetery is known for the superb granite craftsmanship on its memorials and tombstones. Hope Cemetery is situated 1 mile south of Maplewood Cemetery.

Vermont Granite Museum

Museum

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The Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in the city of Barre, Vermont, devoted to the city's historically important granite quarrying and processing industry. Vermont Granite Museum is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Maplewood Cemetery.

Aldrich Public Library

Library

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The Aldrich Public Library is the public library serving the city of Barre, Vermont. It is located at 6 Washington Street in the city center, in an architecturally distinguished Classical Revival building constructed in 1907–08 with funds bequested by Leonard Frost Aldrich, a local businessman, and was substantially enlarged in 2000. Aldrich Public Library is situated 1½ miles south of Maplewood Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barre Downtown Historic District and Currier Park Historic District.

Barre Downtown Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Barre Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic commercial and civic heart of the city of Barre, Vermont. Extending along Main Street from City Park to Depot Square, this area was developed quite rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s, when the area experienced rapid growth due to the expansion of the nearby granite quarries. Barre Downtown Historic District is situated 1½ miles south of Maplewood Cemetery.

Currier Park Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Currier Park Historic District encompasses a historic late 19th-century affluent residential area of the city of Barre, Vermont. Centered around Currier Park, a rectangular park laid out in 1883 just east of the city's downtown, are a collection of a high quality predominantly Italianate and Queen Anne Victorian residences. Currier Park Historic District is situated 2 miles south of Maplewood Cemetery.