{"nrhp_refnum":"04000425","name":"Glenwood Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NE of Parker St. and Great Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maynard","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.42561495150005,"lon":-71.44501789845609,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glenwood Cemetery is a 23-acre municipal cemetery at the corner of Parker Street (Route 27) and Great Road (Route 117) in Maynard, Massachusetts. The old section was laid out in 1871, and a new section and a pond were developed in the 1930s.","why_significant":"It was one of the first civic improvements of the town of Maynard after its founding in 1871 and is closely tied to the community's history. It is the burial place of founder Amory Maynard and other notable citizens. Its monuments and sections document the ethnic diversity of the mill town's workers, including English, Scottish, Finnish, Russian, Polish and Greek residents. The 1930s WPA work and the Victorian-era monuments add to its landscape value.","narrative":"Glenwood Cemetery is a 23-acre municipal burial ground in Maynard, Massachusetts, begun just after the town was established in 1871. It has three parts: the old cemetery, laid out in a geometric pattern of roads and family lots; a new cemetery built by the WPA in the 1930s; and a pond improved in the same decade. Features include a granite entry gate given in 1928, a receiving tomb, and the large granite Maynard family tomb, built in 1880 for mill founder Amory Maynard. The old section holds Victorian marble and granite monuments, some with carved motifs, along with later uniform granite markers. The graves also record the town's mill-working population, with English, Scottish, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Swedish and Greek names, and some sections form distinct ethnic groupings. Mass graves from an 1880s smallpox epidemic and a lot for Civil War veterans add to its record of local history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as a well-preserved municipal cemetery still in cemetery use; the receiving tomb is no longer used and the pond is overgrown.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.026344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7960/63796081/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000425.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000425/b03eee241a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000425/b03eee241a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glenwood_Cemetery_entrance_arch,_Maynard_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glenwood_Cemetery_entrance_arch,_Maynard_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796081","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenwood_Cemetery_(Maynard,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569460"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/glenwood-cemetery-04000425/"}