U.S. 2, Bangor, Maine. County/parish: Penobscot.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 04, 1974. NRIS 74000187.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 2 contributing structures. 6 contributing objects.
Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, Maine, is the second oldest garden cemetery in the United States. It was designed by architect Charles G. Bryant in 1834 and built by the Bangor Horticultural Society soon after, the same year that Bangor was incorporated as a city. The cemetery was modeled after Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) in Boston, Massachusetts. Bangor was at that time a frontier boom-town, and much of its architecture and landscaping was modeled after that of Boston. The site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88687013