Milton Cemetery

211 Centre St., Milton, Massachusetts. County/parish: Norfolk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 02, 2004. NRIS 04000537.

8 contributing buildings. 13 contributing sites. 6 contributing structures. 15 contributing objects.

From Wikipedia:

Milton Cemetery

Milton Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 211 Centre Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Established in 1672, it is the town's only municipal burying ground. There are three distinct sections to its 102-acre (41 ha) grounds: the original burying ground, a tract of 3 acres (1.2 ha) which was in use between 1672 and 1854, a "new" section, laid out in 1854 in the rural cemetery style which was fashionable in the 19th century, and a "modern" section, established in 1945.

It was founded in 1672 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Among those interred in the cemetery are:

• Dennis Miller Bunker, American Impressionist Painter
• James A. Burke, United States Representative from Massachusetts
• Elbie Fletcher, Major League Baseball player
• Edward A. Gisburne, United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Nathaniel Carl Goodwin, actor and vaudevillian
• Howard Deering Johnson, businessman and founder of the Howard Johnson's restaurant and hotel chain
• Wendell Phillips, abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator
• Steve Trapilo, player in the National Football League
• Paul H. Weinert, United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796406