{"nrhp_refnum":"01000722","name":"Hillside Cemetery","other_names":["Old Cemetery"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"West Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Adams","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.70055925250006,"lon":-73.1227018447183,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hillside Cemetery is an eighteen-acre public burial ground on West Main Street at the western edge of North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Its north section dates to 1798 and its south section to 1858.","why_significant":"The cemetery is North Adams' first public burial ground and holds many industrialists who shaped the city's growth from the mid-19th to early 20th century. Its terraced hills, early concrete retaining walls, mountain views and notable monuments and tombs give it a distinctive character and a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Hillside Cemetery covers eighteen acres at the western edge of North Adams, Massachusetts, split by West Main Street (Route 2) into an older northern section begun by 1798 and a larger southern section laid out by 1858. Turf paths and gravel roads follow a grid across steep hills and bowl-shaped valleys, with terraced family plots supported by early concrete and cut-marble retaining walls. Views open onto the surrounding Berkshire hills and the city's mills. Notable features include the ca. 1926 Tinker Mausoleum, three receiving tombs and vaults from 1865, the 1870s and 1893, the 1913 John Henry Haynes monument and the 1937 Art Deco Sullivan Monument. The cemetery was recognized as the city's first public burial ground, holding many industrialists who built North Adams' prosperity, and for its distinctive landscape and well-preserved monuments. Green-veined marble used in many markers reflects the local marble industry.","period_of_significance":"1749-1951","architect_builder":"Col. F. W. Merriam","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active cemetery; burials have occurred as late as 1998 and the paths and roadways remain unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.816034-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/7892/63789249/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/01000722.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000722/76f510b1db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000722/76f510b1db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillside_Cemetery_North_Adams_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillside_Cemetery_North_Adams_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789249","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillside_Cemetery_(North_Adams,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5763905"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/hillside-cemetery-01000722/"}