Mount Wollaston Cemetery
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| Location | 20 Sea Street, Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′31″N 70°59′56″W / 42.25861°N 70.99889°W |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architect | Briggs, Luther; Briggs, Daniel. |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000035 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1984 |
Mount Wollaston Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery at 20 Sea Street in the Merrymount neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
History
In 1854 when
Charles Francis Adams, Sr., prominent attorney and son of the late former President of the United States, John Quincy Adams.[2]
Monuments
An area known as the Veterans Section, located at the main Sea Street entrance to the cemetery, features several monuments honoring members of the
military. The Civil War Monument, dedicated June 25, 1868, features a large granite monument surrounded by four period cannons.[3] Other memorials include a Spanish–American War Memorial, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials and statuary monuments dedicated to the city's firemen and policemen.[4]
Notable burials
- Brooks Adams (1848–1897), historian
- U.S. Congressman and ambassador to Great Britain
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915), a Union commander in the American Civil War, railroad executive and historian
- Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover
- John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), a politician, soldier, and lawyer
- Billy De Wolfe (1907–1974) actor
- Bob Gallagher (1928–1977), sportscaster[5]
- Ralph Talbot (1897–1918), first United States Marine Corps aviator to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Tufts Childrens Hospital
- African-American novelist[6]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Pattee, William S. (1878). A History of Old Braintree and Quincy: With a Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook. Green & Prescott. p. 148.
- ^ "Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Sea Street, Civil War Monument". Quincy, Mass. Historical and Architectural Survey. Thomas Crane Public Library. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "Mount Wollaston, Sea Street, World War II Memorial". Quincy, Mass. Historical and Architectural Survey. Thomas Crane Public Library. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "Robert L. (Bob) Gallagher, 48, Former 'Voice of Patriots'". The Boston Globe. July 4, 1977.
- ^ Cengage, Gale (2006). "Our Nig". American History Through Literature. enotes.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
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