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Spring Brook Cemetery

Coordinates: 42°1′13″N 71°13′22″W / 42.02028°N 71.22278°W / 42.02028; -71.22278
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Spring Brook Cemetery
Spring Brook Cemetery
Spring Brook Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Spring Brook Cemetery
Spring Brook Cemetery is located in the United States
Spring Brook Cemetery
LocationMansfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°1′13″N 71°13′22″W / 42.02028°N 71.22278°W / 42.02028; -71.22278
Area22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built1860
ArchitectEastman, Charles; et al.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.07001240 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 2007

Spring Brook Cemetery is an historic cemetery on Spring Street in Mansfield, Massachusetts. It was established in 1860 as a private cemetery on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) parcel of land, and has grown over time to 22 acres (8.9 ha), and is now the largest of Mansfield's cemeteries. The area appears to have been used as a cemetery before its formal establishment; there are a number of graves that predate 1850, the oldest of which is marked 1790. The most prominent structure in the cemetery is the Card Memorial Chapel, designed by Charles Eastman and built in 1898 with funding from Simon and Mary Card, in memory of their daughter Lulu.[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Spring Brook Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
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