Walter Street Burying Ground, Arnold Arboretum - Boston, MA - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

The Arnold Arboretum is well known as a park where people can view plants, shrubs and trees from all over the world, or just sit and enjoy a beautiful view away from the urban streets of the city. But, at the west end of the park, at the bottom of Peters Hill, is an old burying ground with some grave stones. The cemetary itself is not bordered by any walls or signs to separate it from the park. There is a sign by the Bostonian Society that marks it.

According to this sign, the cemetary was first established in 1712 on land donated by Captain Joseph Weld and was associated by the Second Church of Roxbury. There are graves of Revolutionary War soldiers, marked with a DAR marker and flag. The sign also says that about 28 graves were removed (it does not say to where) when Walter Street was widened in the early 1900s.

The web site of the Jamaica Plain Historical Society says that there are eight grave stones standing. Link here: (visit link)

Both the sign and the site above mentioned that 28 soldiers in an unmarked grave were were removed when Walter Street was widened.

City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed Approximate number of graves: Not listed Cemetery Status: Not listed Cemetery Website: Not listed

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