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Landscaping styles range from Victorian-era plantings to contemporary gardens, from natural woodlands to formal ornamental gardens, and from sweeping vistas through majestic trees to small enclosed spaces. Many trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are tagged with botanic labels containing their scientific and common names.
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The cemetery is nondenominational and continues to make space available for new plots. The area is well known for its beautiful environs and is a favorite location for bird-watchers; over 220 species of birds have been observed at the cemetery since 1958. Guided tours of the cemetery's historic,
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Mount Auburn's collection of over 5,500 trees includes nearly 700 species and varieties. Thousands of very well-kept shrubs and herbaceous plants weave through the cemetery's hills, ponds, woodlands, and clearings. The cemetery contains more than 10 miles (17 km) of roads and many paths.
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Bigelow came up with the idea for Mount Auburn as early as 1825, though a site was not acquired until five years later. Bigelow, a medical doctor, was concerned about the unhealthiness of burials under churches as well as the possibility of running out of space. With help from the
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Mount Auburn was established at a time when Americans had a sentimental interest in rural cemeteries. It is still well known for its tranquil atmosphere and accepting attitude toward death. Many of the more traditional monuments feature
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to accommodate a crematorium. Its interior was again renovated in 1924 by Allen and Collins. Through all of these alterations, stained-glass windows by the Scottish firm of Allan & Ballantyne were preserved.
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for "a sleeping place," instead of graveyard. This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.
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More than 93,000 people are buried in the cemetery as of 2003. A number of historically significant people have been interred there since its inception, particularly members of the
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Dedicated in 1831 and set with classical monuments in a rolling landscaped terrain, it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated
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The cemetery is credited as the beginning of the American public parks and gardens movement. It set the style for other suburban American cemeteries such as
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The land that became Mount Auburn Cemetery was originally named Stone's Farm, though locals referred to it as "Sweet Auburn" after the 1770 poem "
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In 1870 the cemetery trustees, feeling the need for additional function space, purchased land across Mount Auburn Street and constructed
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An Address Delivered on the Dedication of the Cemetery at Mount Auburn, September 24, 1831 (Boston, J.T. & Edward Buckingham 1831)
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The cemetery has three notable buildings on its grounds. Washington Tower was designed by Bigelow and built in 1852–54. Named for
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In the 1840s, Mount Auburn was considered one of the most popular tourist destinations in the nation, along with
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eBird. 2012. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance . eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available:
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The Park Cemetery: Its Western Migration in American Public Architecture: European Roots and Native Expressions
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wrote about her visit to Mount Auburn in a letter in 1846. 60,000 people visited the cemetery in 1848 alone.
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Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries
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flowers, symbols of blissful sleep. In the late 1830s, its first unofficial guide,
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Auburn Cemetery
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The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States'
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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and was itself an inspiration to cemetery designers, most notably at
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The Egyptian Revival: Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning, 1808–1858
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Picturesque Pocket Companion and Visitor's Guide Through Mt. Auburn
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Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
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focuses on it as an important precursor to President Lincoln's
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artistic, and horticultural points of interest are available.
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in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent
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Interactive map showing the location for Mount Auburn Cemetery
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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The Cincinnati Cemetery of Spring Grove, Report for 1857
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skyline as seen from Washington Tower at the cemetery
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A concise history of, and guide through Mount Auburn
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
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Mount Auburn Cemetery (disambiguation)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Mount Auburn Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Mount Auburn Cemetery is located in the United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts
42°22′16″N 71°08′41″W / 42.37111°N 71.14472°W / 42.37111; -71.14472
Alexander Wadsworth
Jacob Bigelow
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Watertown, Massachusetts
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Boston Brahmins
National Historic Landmark
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arboretum
National Historic Landmark District

The Deserted Village
Oliver Goldsmith
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Paris
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Hollywood Cemetery

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