National Register of Historic Places

Maple Grove Cemetery

Mason, Ingham County, Michigan
Listed
June 5, 1985
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
85001237

About this property

Maple Grove Cemetery is a cemetery located on West Columbia Street in Mason, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The initial, 1-1/2 acre portion of the Maple Grove Cemetery was leased from Charles Noble of Monroe, Michigan in 1844. An addition was made and formally platted by Isaac B. Woodhouse, a Mason businessman, in 1873. Several additions were made to the cemetery's acreage in the nineteenth century. The name was changed to "Maple Grove Cemetery" in 1897. The main entryway and receiving vault were built in 1890, and the surrounding stone wall was added in 1934. The Maple Grove Cemetery occupies an area of gently rolling hills, and contains a variety of nineteenth and twentieth-century monuments interspersed among curving paths and tall maple trees. An 1890 Romanesque Revival receiving vault is located near the entrance. It has a steeply pitched gable roof and a three-part facade divided by string courses: checkerboard stone patterns at the top, a section containing the top of the arched door opening in the middle, and the door itself on the lower level. A 1934 stone entrance gate/wall made of large blocks set in a matrix of smaller cobblestones surrounds the entrance.

Location

Mason, Ingham County, Michigan
42.58441, -84.44582

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When was Maple Grove Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Maple Grove Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Maple Grove Cemetery?

Maple Grove Cemetery is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Maple Grove Cemetery?

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