{"nrhp_refnum":"04000121","name":"North Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Cold St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Hampshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.422989949000055,"lon":-72.94656879199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-03-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Social History","Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3.5-acre rural town cemetery on Cold Street at North Road in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, established before 1795 and still used for burials. It is enclosed by field stone walls and lined with mature sugar maples.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant locally under Criterion A for the many town founders, leaders, mill owners and veterans buried there. It meets Criterion C for its walled, tree-lined landscape and for locally carved grave markers, including signed work by regional carvers and Goshen Stone markers. It is also noted for archaeological potential.","narrative":"North Cemetery occupies 3.5 acres at Cold Street and North Road, about a mile from Worthington Corners. It was established before 1795, and the oldest burials lie in the lower eastern end, with newer graves toward the west. A field stone wall encloses three sides, mature sugar maples line it, and turf cart paths lead in from three entries. Two entries have mortared stone gateposts. Of the 711 markers, about half are marble and 41% granite, and a few are Goshen Stone or schist. Some stones show the work of regional carvers, including H. Fox of West Stockbridge and J. Dougherty of the southern Berkshires. The Horace Cole family plot has a zinc obelisk and an iron fence dated 1865. The cemetery holds the graves of town founders, mill owners, a Revolutionary War financier and sixty-two veterans. Its landscape and markers, along with the people buried there, account for its local significance.","period_of_significance":"1795-1954","architect_builder":"H. Fox, \"G.B.W.\", J. Dougherty (carvers)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active cemetery; burials continued as late as 2001. The cut-stone burial vault in the southeast corner is a ruin, out of use since about 1950.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.194108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7954/63795485/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000121.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000121/af07552aad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000121/af07552aad-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorthingtonMA_NorthCemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</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:WorthingtonMA_NorthCemetery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795485","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cemetery_(Worthington,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7054717"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county/north-cemetery-04000121/"}