Old Cemetery

The Old Cemetery, also known as the Milk Row Cemetery, is a historic cemetery on Somerville Avenue and School Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. Established in 1804 on land donated by Samuel Tufts, it is the city's oldest cemetery. The cemetery was established when Somerville was still a part of Charlestown, and many Somerville residents used that city's Phipps Street Burying Ground, and later the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge instead of this one. As a result, this cemetery remained small, and was the only one established within the city limits in the 19th century. The American Civil War monument is reputed to be one of the first to be erected in the nation (it was erected in 1863).[2]

Old Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′54″N 71°06′07″W
Built	1804
MPS	Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001301[1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1989

Elm tree at Milk Row Cemetery (August 2019)

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "NRHP nomination for Old Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-04.