National Register of Historic Places

Pan Burying Ground

Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Listed
July 10, 2007
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
07000682

About this property

The Pan Burying Ground (also known as the Pan Cemetery, East Burying Ground, and East Cemetery) is an historic cemetery on 477 Main Street in Bolton, Massachusetts. Established in 1822, the cemetery was the second in the town. It was named for the area known locally as "The Pan", which had by then become the second-largest village center in the town. The original 1.18-acre (0.48 ha) plot has 400 marked graves, and is presumed to contain further unmarked graves, based on a pattern of marker layout at the rear of this portion of the cemetery. The cemetery was enlarged to 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) in the 1960s. It is distinctive in Bolton for its seven-chambered group tomb, built in 1839 at the southeast corner of the property. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

477 Main St.
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
42.43066, -71.58953

Categories

ARTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL HISTORY
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Nearby Historic Sites

Bolton Center Historic District
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0.9 mi
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Mossman, Col. Adelbert, House
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Nearby Battles

Attack on Lancaster (Mary Rowlandson captivity)
1676Colonial
1.9 mi
Attack on Lancaster
1676Colonial
4.2 mi
First Lancaster Raid
1675Colonial
4.7 mi

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Pan Burying Ground was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 2007.

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