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Mount Hope Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)

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Purchased in July 1834, the land consisted of 50-acre (20 ha) of Lot 27, which was set along State Street – at the time known as County Road and later the "Road to Orono" – and the
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This was the preferred resting ground for Bangor's 19th- and early-20th-century elite. The cemetery includes the gravesites of
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soon after, the same year that Bangor was incorporated as a city. The cemetery was modeled after
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Generals, and numerous "lumber barons" and other local businessmen and politicians. Actors
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Reilly, Wayne (August 23, 2009). "Old Jed Prouty Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery".
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who had also held office as Congressman, US Senator and Governor of Maine, a
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Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine: The Complete History
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Greek Revival, Late Victorian, English Half-Timbered style
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National Register of Historic Places in Bangor, Maine
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in the United States. It was designed by architect
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Mount Hope Cemetery (Bangor, Maine) is located in Maine
Mount Hope Cemetery (Bangor, Maine) is located in the United States
Bangor, Maine
44°49′29″N 68°43′28″W / 44.82472°N 68.72444°W / 44.82472; -68.72444
74000187
Bangor, Maine
garden cemetery
Charles G. Bryant
Bangor Horticultural Society
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Boston, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Penobscot River
Hannibal Hamlin
U.S. Vice President
U.S. Senator
U.S. Congressmen
U.S. Ambassadors
Governors of Maine
Civil War
Richard Golden
Ralph Sipperly
Pet Sematary
Franklin Muzzy
Maine Senate
Hannibal Hamlin
Vice President of the United States

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