Watertown Cemeteries

In March 1865, Dr. Jacob Bigelow first proposed to the Cemetery Commission that, "a public monument in memory of the heroes who have fallen in the present war for the preservation of the Union." be done. Martin Milmore, Sculptor. Located in front of…

American Union Preserved African Slavery Destroyed By the uprising of a Great People By the Blood of Fallen Heroes Martin Milmore, Sculptor. Side view. In March 1865, Dr. Jacob Bigelow first proposed that the Cemetery commission, "a public…

Washington Tower, a landmark and popular attraction at Mount Auburn, was built from 1852-1854. The tower was architecturally significant for two reasons: it was a common motif in the English picturesque landscape that the Cemetery?s founders were…

Bronze statue of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), astronomer, mathematician and author of the American Practical Navigator, a seagoing guide still in use today, was erected on Central Avenue. The statue of Nathaniel Bowdwitch is sitting with symbols…

Storey Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery, established 1831. Named for one of the founders, Judge Joseph Storey, an Associate Supreme Court Justice, the Dane Professor of Law at Harvard and Mount Auburn?s first president. Story became the youngest…