Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Hope Cemetery
Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Location119 Webster St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′10″N 71°49′34″W / 42.23611°N 71.82611°W / 42.23611; -71.82611
Area168 acres (68 ha)
Built1854
ArchitectStephen Earle, Fuller & Delano
NRHP reference No.97001560[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1997

Hope Cemetery is an historic rural cemetery at 119 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it was the city's sixth public cemetery, and is the burial site of remains originally interred at its first five cemeteries. Its landscaping and funerary art are examplars of the rural cemetery movement, and the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The cemetery occupies 168 acres (68 ha).[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Friends of Hope Cemetery