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 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