Hillcrest Cemetery Gateway Arch - Monson, MA
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N 42° 06.489 W 072° 19.013
18T E 721841 N 4665268
This large gateway arch was a gift to the Town of Monson from Mrs. Harlan Page.
Waymark Code: WMCP81
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2011
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This large gateway arch marks the entrance to Hillcrest Cemetery in Monson. It contains both a vehicle entrance way as well as a pedestrian entrance way and is built from gray granite from local quarries in Monson. The archway was built in 1897 and contains a plaque. The plaque is inscribed:
Presented to the Town of Monson
by Mrs. Harlan Page, of
Germantown, Penna., daughter of
Levi A. and Nancy M. Field, and
great-grandaughter of Cyrus W. Holmes,
in memory of the members of her
family who rest within this enclosure.
1897
Type: Gateway
Subtype: Memorial
Location: Hillcrest Cemetery, Monson MA
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