Springfield Cemetery - Springfield, MA
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N 42° 05.979 W 072° 34.708
18T E 700238 N 4663678
Springfield Cemetery is a non-sectarian "rural-type" cemetery located at at 171 Maple Street in Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM111KQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2019
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Springfield Cemetery is a park-like cemetery modeled after Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Watertown-Cambridge, MA. It was dedicated on September 5, 1841. It replaced the overcrowded cemetery at the Old First Church in downtown Springfield. A section of Springfield Cemetery along Pine Street contains these early graves. The cemetery slopes uphill and features rolling lawns and winding paths. It is set back from the entrance by a 700' road that leads to the administration building.
The English style Dorcas Chapin Chapel was build in 1885 and is available for memorial services. The chapel contains original Tiffany glass windows and seats 50 people. Adjacent to the chapel is a crematorium and a columbarium for the repose of cremated remains. There is also a scattering garden for those who choose to have remains scattered in the cemetery.
A Civil War monument is located in a section of the cemetery reserved for Civil War veterans. In the middle of a group of military issued Civil War headstones there is a 10' high sculpture of a Civil War soldier standing on an ornate 10' by 5' by 5' base.
With it's long history and scenic beauty, the Springfield Cemetery has become the final resting place for many of Springfield's most prominent citizens. Among those buried in Springfield Cemetery are:
James Barnes, Brigidier General - Union Army, Civil War
Milton Bradley - founder of the Milton Bradley Co.
Andrew Symmes Bryant - Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Thornton Waldo Burgess - author of children's stories
Chester Harding - 19th century portrait painter
Josiah Gilbert Holland - novelist, poet, and editor
Milton Long - Titanic victim
Horace A. Moses, industrialist, co-founder of Junior Achievement
Everett Peabody - Colonel, Union Army, Killed at Shiloh
James Wolfe Ripley, Brigadier General - Union Army, Civil War
Charles Louis Seeger, Jr - musicologist, father of Pete Seeger
Ruth Crawford Seeger - singer, songwriter
Horace Smith - inventor, founder of Smith and Wesson
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Springfield, MA, US
Approximate number of graves: 21,000
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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