Monday, May 1, 2023

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Massachusetts


The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

Mount Auburn Cemetery was laid out in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery." It is the burial place of many famous Bostonians.