Pittsfield Cemetery

Pittsfield Cemetery
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Pittsfield Cemetery is located in Massachusetts
Pittsfield Cemetery
Pittsfield Cemetery is located in the United States
Pittsfield Cemetery
Location203 Wahconah St., Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°28′1″N 73°15′28″W / 42.46694°N 73.25778°W / 42.46694; -73.25778
Area142 acres (57 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
ArchitectHoratio Stone; Olmsted Brothers, et al.
NRHP reference No.07000145[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2007

Pittsfield Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 203 Wahconah Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Established in 1850, it is good example of a rural cemetery and is the resting ground of many prominent Pittsfield residents with a number of architecturally significant elements. It also houses a number of Pittsfield's earliest burials which were relocated here from a cemetery near the city center. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Pittsfield Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-11-28.