Mount Hope Cemetery (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Mount Hope Cemetery
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| Location: | 355 Walk Hill Street, Boston,Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°17′1.6″N 71°6′9.4″W / 42.283778°N 71.102611°WCoordinates: 42°17′1.6″N 71°6′9.4″W / 42.283778°N 71.102611°W |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: |
09000767 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 25, 2009 |
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.
Interments
- Leonard Chadwick, Medal of Honor recipient.[2]
- George Dixon, first Canadian and first black world boxing champion.[3]
- Gottlieb Graupner, musician[4]
- Roland Hayes, lyric tenor, first African American to sing at Carnegie Hall[5]
- Michael "King" Kelly, Hall of Fame baseball player[6]
- Susie Taylor, first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves, first black Army nurse[7]
- Theodore Dwight Weld, abolitionist[8]
References
- ^ National Park Service: WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 9/21/09 THROUGH 9/25/09
- ^ "Leonard B. Chadwick". Find A Grave.
- ^ "George Dixon". Find A Grave.
- ^ Catherine Graupner Stone, quoted in: Philip Hale, "The birth-date of Gottlieb Graupner", Boston Symphony Orchestra Programme for 29th season, 1909-1910 (Boston: The Orchestra, 1910)
- ^ "Roland Hayes". Find A Grave.
- ^ "Michael "King" Kelly". Find A Grave.
- ^ "Susie King Taylor". Find A Grave.
- ^ "Theodore Dwight Weld". Find A Grave.
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