Congress St., corner Mountfort St., Portland, Maine. County/parish: Cumberland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1973. NRIS 73000112.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.
Eastern Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine. Established in 1668, it is the city's oldest historic site. It has more than 4,000 marked graves with an estimated further 3,000 burials in unmarked plots. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The cemetery is owned by the city of Portland. The volunteer nonprofit group Spirits Alive, founded in 2006, is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the cemetery through conservation and education. Spirits Alive offers daily walking tours from June through mid-October.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88685624