National Register of Historic Places

Eliot Burying Ground

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Listed
June 24, 1974
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74000388

About this property

Eliot Burying Ground (or ""Eustis Street Burying Ground" or "First Burying Ground in Roxbury") is a historic seventeenth-century graveyard at Eustis and Washington Streets in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It occupies a roughly triangular lot of 0.8 acres (0.32 ha). Founded in 1630, the cemetery is the oldest in Roxbury (which was annexed to Boston in 1868). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The graveyard is one of several historic properties within the Eustis Street Architectural Conservation District Archived 2017-03-31 at the Wayback Machine of the Boston Landmarks Commission. Many well-known historical figures of colonial Massachusetts are buried at Eliot Burying Ground, including John Eliot, and members of the Dudley family, including Governors Thomas and Joseph Dudley, Chief Justice Paul Dudley and Captain John Johnson the first surveyor-general of arms for the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a key foundational figure of Roxbury.

Location

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
42.33206, -71.08131

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

Siege of Boston – Roxbury Lines
1775Revolutionary War
1 mi
Siege of Boston — Dorchester Heights
1776Revolutionary War
2 mi

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When was Eliot Burying Ground listed on the National Register?

Eliot Burying Ground was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Eliot Burying Ground?

Eliot Burying Ground is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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