Milk Row Cemetery

The Old Cemetery, also known as the Milk Row Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on Somerville Avenue and School Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. Established in 1804 on land donated by Samuel Tufts, it is the city's oldest cemetery.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Somerville, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Old Cemetery” and “Somerville Cemetery”
Address: 439 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Art Museums.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 3,700 feet west of Milk Row Cemetery.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Milk Row Cemetery.

Central Library

Library

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The Central Library is the main branch of the Somerville, Massachusetts, public library system. It is an architecturally distinguished Renaissance Revival brick building designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and was built in 1914 with funding assistance from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Central Library is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Milk Row Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somerville and Inman Square.

Somerville

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Older Bostonians might still derisively call it "Slummerville", but today that tired old moniker couldn't be further from the truth. Packed with upwardly mobile professionals and longtime residents, Somerville is often voted an "All-America City" and the best-run city in Massachusetts.

Inman Square

Neighborhood

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Inman Square is a neighborhood and historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It lies north of Central Square, at the junction of Cambridge, Hampshire, and Inman Streets near the Cambridge–Somerville border.

Milk Row Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: City of Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.38161° or 42° 22′ 54″ north

Longitude

-71.10205° or 71° 6′ 7″ west

Operator

City of Somerville

Open location code

87JC9VJX+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 88571667

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q7083624

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Boston Japanese Christian Church and Quincy Street Open Space.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Somerville Ave opp School St and Union Square Physical Therapy.

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