Evergreen Cemetery

Off W side of Stevens Ave., N of jct. with Brighton Ave., Portland, Maine. County/parish: Cumberland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 18, 1992. NRIS 92000791.

14 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure. 7 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • See Also:Smith, F. O. J., Tomb

From Wikipedia:

Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine)

Evergreen Cemetery is a garden-style cemetery on Stevens Avenue in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine. With 239 acres (97 ha) of land, it is the largest cemetery in the state. Established in 1855, in what was then Westbrook, the cemetery is home to one of the state's most prominent collections of funerary art. The 140-acre (57 ha) historical portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88685634

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