| Collection |
Edwin B. Worthen Collection |
| Description |
Photo folder: CEMETERY: OLD BURYING GROUND
Old Burying Ground, off Massachusetts Avenue near Harrington Road, west of the Battle Green.
Negatives and photographs of tombs and gravestones in historic cemetery near the center of town.
Includes 1811 tombs, such as Fessenden Tomb, and gravestones of Captain Parker and Ebenezer Fiske, as well as stones marking approximate site of burial place of men who survived April 19, 1775, but later died. There also is a burial site of one British soldier. Anita Worthen is in one photo, documenting damage to Fessenden Tomb.
About 6 photos
6 negatives, circa 1960.
This is a folder-level record in Series 19. Lexington Properties and Landmarks.
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| Year Range from |
1950 |
| Year range to |
1965 |
| Object ID |
Worthen.19.119 |
| Object Name |
Folder, File |
| People |
Fessenden
Fiske, Ebenezer
Parker, John
Worthen, Anita Pring |
| Search Terms |
Old Burying Ground, Harrington Road
Harrington Road, Old Burying Ground |
| Subjects |
Burial vaults
Cemeteries
Gravestones
Graveyards
Monuments
Monuments & memorials
Tomb
Town life |
| Title |
CEMETERY: OLD BURYING GROUND |
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