Watertown Cemeteries

description - In 1831 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society purchased 72 acres of mature woodland situated in Watertown and Cambridge for the creation of a "rural cemetery" and experimental garden. The stone crushing plant can be seen in the background. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4588

description - In 1831 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society purchased 72 acres of mature woodland situated in Watertown and Cambridge for the creation of a "rural cemetery" and experimental garden. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4587

description - Gate on Grove Street. In 1912 the Stone estate, located immediately to the south of Willow Pond, was acquired. This parcel lies at the corner of Coolidge Avenue and Grove Street. One of the motives of the purchase was to secure street protection.… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4586

description - Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, staff housing, 94 Grove Street. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4585

description - In 1831 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society purchased 72 acres of mature woodland situated in Watertown and Cambridge for the creation of a "rural cemetery" and experimental garden. The sign says "Drive carefully." Further down the road is a man… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4584

description - Gate on Grove Street. In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4583

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4582

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4581

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4580

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4579

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4578

description - In 1935, Mount Auburn built six new Lord and Burnham greenhouses on a piece of land that had been subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4577

description - Mount Auburn Cemetery greenhouses. This year (2011) the current greenhouses turned 40 years old. On-site greenhouses have long been an important part of Mount Auburn?s operations, starting at a location between Mount Auburn and Brattle Streets. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4576

description - Mount Auburn Cemetery greenhouses. This year (2011) the current greenhouses turned 40 years old. On-site greenhouses have long been an important part of Mount Auburn?s operations, starting at a location between Mount Auburn and Brattle Streets. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4575

description - Mount Auburn Cemetery greenhouses on Grove street. Also has 1940's automobiles. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 4574

description - Willow Pond, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown. In 1831 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society purchased 72 acres of mature woodland situated in Watertown and Cambridge for the creation of a "rural cemetery" and experimental garden. subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; relation - Identifier - figure 2215

description - 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… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass.) -- Mt. Auburn.; Story, Joseph -- 1779-1845.; Sears, Willard Thomas -- 1837-1920.; relation - Identifier - figure 2214

description - 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… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; Bowditch, Nathaniel -- 1773-1838.; Hughes, R. Ball -- 1806-1868.; relation - Identifier - figure 2183

description - 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… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Inscriptions -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; Bigelow, Jacob -- 1787--1879.; relation - Identifier - figure 2181

description - 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… subject - Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Inscriptions -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Massachusetts -- Watertown -- Cemeteries.; Landscape architecture -- Watertown (Mass) -- Mt. Auburn.; Civil War monument -- Watertown (Mass).; Milmore, Martin --… relation - Identifier - figure 2180