Hancock Cemetery
Hancock Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the Hancock Adams Common, across from the United First Parish Church, in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.Photo: Sswonk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United First Parish Church and Quincy City Hall.
United First Parish Church
Place of worship
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United First Parish Church is an American Unitarian Universalist congregation in Quincy, Massachusetts, established as the parish church of Quincy in 1639. United First Parish Church is situated 370 feet northeast of Hancock Cemetery.
Quincy City Hall
Town hall
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Quincy City Hall is the seat of government for the City of Quincy, Massachusetts. The historic town hall building at 1305 Hancock Street in Quincy Center was built in 1844.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Library
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The Thomas Crane Public Library is a city library in Quincy, Massachusetts. Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries. Thomas Crane Public Library is situated 920 feet northeast of Hancock Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quincy and Adams Shore.
Quincy
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Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
Adams Shore
Hamlet
Adams Shore is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the shore of Quincy Bay at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the Merrymount neighborhood.
Braintree Split
Locality
The Braintree Split is the major interchange of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in Braintree, Massachusetts, one of the South Shore suburbs of Boston. Braintree Split is situated 2 miles southwest of Hancock Cemetery.
Hancock Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.2504° or 42° 15′ 2″ northLongitude
-71.00379° or 71° 0′ 14″ westOpen location code
87JC7X2W+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 29871563OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q5647024
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Russian—“Hancock Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Greek: “νεκροταφείο Χάνκοκ”
- Russian: “Кладбище Хэнкок”
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