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In 1848, Henry Dearborn, the mayor of Roxbury, spearheaded the project to develop Forest Hills Cemetery to alleviate overcrowded burial grounds. Nearly two decades prior, Dearborn had designed Mount Auburn Cemetery, the nation’s first rural cemetery. Like its predecessor, Forest Hills was designed in the picturesque romantic style, featuring curvilinear paths and roads lined by naturalistic plantings, and dramatic tombs and monuments. Today, Forest Hills remains an active burial ground, open-air museum, green space, and arboretum. Though not part of the Emerald Necklace, Forest Hills abuts Franklin Park and is a short distance from Arnold Arboretum, forming an informal supplement to the park system.
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Document identity
localId
8336hc35k
label
Forest Hills Cemetery
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
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8336hc35k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Forest Hills Cemetery
description
In 1848, Henry Dearborn, the mayor of Roxbury, spearheaded the project to develop Forest Hills Cemetery to alleviate overcrowded burial grounds. Nearly two decades prior, Dearborn had designed Mount Auburn Cemetery, the nation’s first rural cemetery. Like its predecessor, Forest Hills was designed in the picturesque romantic style, featuring curvilinear paths and roads lined by naturalistic plantings, and dramatic tombs and monuments. Today, Forest Hills remains an active burial ground, open-air museum, green space, and arboretum. Though not part of the Emerald Necklace, Forest Hills abuts Franklin Park and is a short distance from Arnold Arboretum, forming an informal supplement to the park system.
date
["1895"]
year
1895
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016347
creators
Wood, Charles H. W.
Geo. H. Walker & Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Forest Hills Cemetery (Boston, Mass.)
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Geo. H. Walker & Co. lith.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Jamaica Plain
schema:latitude
42.3
schema:longitude
-71.1167
extent
1 map : color ; 59 x 59 cm
notes
Conservation of this piece was funded by an anonymous donor.
Oriented with north to the lower right.
Includes 6 illustrations and list of trustees for 1895.
Plan dated Jan. 1, 1895.
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no
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8336hc35k
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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9b26eb794b5f6164