Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

Old North Cemetery
Old North Cemetery
Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is located in New Hampshire
Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is located in the United States
Old North Cemetery (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
LocationMaplewood Ave., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°4′41″N 70°45′48″W / 43.07806°N 70.76333°W / 43.07806; -70.76333
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1751 (1751)
NRHP reference No.78000218[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 08, 1978

Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is a roughly 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) parcel of land north of the city center on the shore of North Mill Pond. Its earliest burials are dated to 1751, although it was not formally established as a cemetery until 1753. It is the largest of the city's 18th century cemeteries, and is remarkable for the relatively distant locations some of the stonecarvers came from whose work appears in it.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Old North Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-27.