Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Crocker, Cohannet, and Barnum Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts. Opened in 1836, but based on a family burial ground dating to the early 18th century, it is the fourth garden cemetery in the U.S. rural cemeteries, based on the early Victorian model of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winthrop Street Baptist Church and Washington School.
Winthrop Street Baptist Church
Place of worship
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Winthrop Street Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 39 Winthrop Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The Late Gothic Revival church was built in 1862 and was the second Baptist church built on the site. Winthrop Street Baptist Church is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Washington School
School
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The Washington School is a historic school building at 40 Vernon Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The two story brick building was designed Gustavus L. Washington School is situated 1,600 feet west of Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Taunton Public Library
Library
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taunton Public Library is the public library of Taunton, Massachusetts. It is located at 12 Pleasant Street, in an architecturally distinguished Beaux Arts building built in 1903 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, to which a modern addition was made in 1979. Taunton Public Library is situated 3,300 feet north of Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taunton and Weir Village.
Taunton
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Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green.
Weir Village
Suburb
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Weir Village is a village of the city of Taunton in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately one mile south of the city center on the banks of the Taunton River, near the point where it becomes tidal.
Westville
Hamlet
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Westville is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally designated populated regions of the city. Westville is situated 2 miles west of Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts
- Category: burial
- Location: City of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.89521° or 41° 53′ 43″ northLongitude
-71.09913° or 71° 5′ 57″ westOpen location code
87HCVWW2+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 311610677OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q14715728
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