{"nrhp_refnum":"07000145","name":"Pittsfield Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"203 Wahconah St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsfield","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.46689588800007,"lon":-73.26070800674057,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pittsfield Cemetery is a 142-acre rural-style cemetery at 203 Wahconah Street in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Its original 83-acre section was designed in 1850 by Dr. Horatio Stone.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the cemetery's primary significance comes from its 1850 rural cemetery design, with winding roads, knolls, a brook and specimen trees. It also holds distinctive buildings, mausolea and monuments, and the graves of many of Pittsfield's settlers, civic leaders, judges, artists and war veterans, including members of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.","narrative":"Pittsfield Cemetery covers 142 acres at the northwest edge of downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, beside Onota Lake and Burbank Park. Its core, an 83-acre section laid out in 1850 by Dr. Horatio Stone, follows the rural cemetery model, with winding roads, small knolls, Onota Brook and mature specimen trees. Entry is through the Romanesque Revival Allen Memorial Arch and Main Gate, built of Great Barrington bluestone after an 1885 bequest. Other notable structures include the Calvin Martin Memorial Chapel of 1900, a 1939 English Cottage-style superintendent's house, the Byzantine-style McKay Mausoleum and the granite Clapp-Bagg Mausoleum. Markers span about 250 years, from relocated 18th-century tablets to modern granite stones. The grounds hold the graves of Revolutionary War and Civil War veterans, including members of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, along with congressmen, state supreme court justices and local industrialists. Its landscape design, architecture and commemorative art underpin its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Horatio Stone (landscape designer); George C. Harding (Calvin Martin Memorial Chapel); Parsons, Wait & Goodell (Superintendent's Cottage, Maintenance Garage, Sloan Memorial Bridge); Mary Tillinghast (McKay Mausoleum)","architectural_style":"Rural cemetery style; buildings in Romanesque Revival, Gothic, English Cottage, Byzantine and Roman temple styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as an active cemetery. Only about five of the 59 acres west of Onota Street have been developed for burials.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.890435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7942/63794240/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/07000145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000145/a22660fe74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000145/a22660fe74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"NatalieMaynor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittfield_Cemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NatalieMaynor</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittfield_Cemetery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794240","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsfield_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7199470"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/pittsfield-cemetery-07000145/"}