Phipps Street Burying Ground
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The Phipps Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Phipps Street in Charlestown, now a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The burial ground was created in 1630, when Charlestown was a separate community from Boston; it is the oldest cemetery within Boston's present limits. The "Charlestown Carver", an anonymous stone cutter active in the 1660s, began an important regional style that was continued by the Lamson family for many generations. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Benjamin Gorham, Congressman 1820–23, 1827–31, 1833–35. Nathaniel Gorham, president of the Continental Congress and signer of the United States Constitution. John Harvard, for whom Harvard University is named. Oliver Holden, an American composer and compiler of hymns. Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), a clergyman, teacher and theologian in Colonial America. Phineas Pratt, a joiner, arrived 1622, aboard Sparrow with Weston's men. Made a solo, treacherous trek to Plymouth to warn Standish of the Indian uprising at Wessagusset (Weymouth). National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts Media related to Phipps Street Burying Ground at Wikimedia Commons
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Phipps Street Burying Ground was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1974.
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Phipps Street Burying Ground is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.
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