Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)
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Hope Cemetery is an historic rural cemetery
at 119 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts
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It was established in 1854 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The cemetery occupies 168 acres (68 ha).
Rural cemetery
The rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting.As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and...
at 119 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
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It was established in 1854 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The cemetery occupies 168 acres (68 ha).
Notable internments
- Capt. Peter Slate, American Revolutionary War veteran
- Abby Kelley Foster, 19th century social reformer and feminist
- Eli ThayerEli ThayerEli Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1848 founded Oread Institute, a school for young women in Worcester, Massachusetts...
- Elizabeth BishopElizabeth BishopElizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short-story writer. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1956 and a National Book Award Winner for Poetry in 1970. Elizabeth Bishop House is an artists' retreat in Great Village, Nova Scotia...
, poet - Robert Goddard, Rocket innovator
- Rufus Willard Colby, Descendant of Anthony ColbyAnthony ColbyAnthony Colby was an American businessman and politician from New London, New Hampshire. He owned and operated a grist mill and a stage line, and served one term as Governor of New Hampshire. For twenty years he was a trustee of Dartmouth College.-External links:*...
, Macy-Colby HouseMacy-Colby HouseThe Macy-Colby House is a historically significant seventeenth Century saltbox home located in Amesbury, Massachusetts. It is a historic house museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2008.-History:...
. - Abbie F Colby, Wife of Rufus Willard Colby.