400 Essex St., Swampscott, Massachusetts. County/parish: Essex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 06, 2013. NRIS 13000051.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 5 contributing structures. 7 contributing objects.
Swampscott Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 400 Essex Street in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is the town's only cemetery, and was established in 1852, not long after the town's incorporation. About 20 acres (8.1 ha) of the cemetery's 30 hectares (74 acres) have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its historic portion is a representative of the rural cemetery movement that was popular in the 19th century, with meandering lanes and natural landscaping.
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