{"nrhp_refnum":"83000695","name":"North Burial Ground","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"N. Main St. between Brightman and Cory Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fall River","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.720009998500046,"lon":-71.14868815719498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"North Burial Ground is an early 19th century municipal cemetery on North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, with graves dating from about 1800 and a city purchase in 1825.","why_significant":"It is Fall River's oldest city-owned cemetery and was long the main burial place for its citizens. It holds the graves of prominent early figures, including Revolutionary War patriots and a founder of the city's first cotton mill. It also has notable architecture, including a fieldstone gatehouse and an Egyptian Revival receiving tomb, and examples of 19th century funerary art.","narrative":"North Burial Ground is a flat, rectangular cemetery on North Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, laid out in straight rows and enclosed largely by a granite retaining wall and chain link fencing. The city bought the land in 1825, though the earliest stones, from about 1800, were probably moved from other sites. It is the city's oldest public cemetery and for many years served as the main burial place for all residents. Those buried here include Col. Joseph Durfee, who helped erect Fall River's first cotton mill in 1811, and Revolutionary War figures Thomas Durfee and Robert Irving. Two structures stand out. A fieldstone gatehouse of about 1890 has brownstone trim, Romanesque colonettes, a slate roof and copper finials. A severe granite and fieldstone receiving tomb of 1849 reflects the Egyptian Revival. A cast iron fence surrounds the Hyland plot. Although Oak Grove Cemetery drew many transfers after 1855, burials here have continued to the present.","period_of_significance":"1810-Present","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Egyptian Revival receiving tomb (1849); Victorian Romantic/Richardsonian fieldstone gatehouse (c. 1890)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Has continued in active use as a cemetery to the present day.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.04167-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7897/63789787/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000695.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000695/c6a351ad40-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000695/c6a351ad40-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Burial_Ground_Fall_River.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Burial_Ground_Fall_River.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789787","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Burial_Ground_(Fall_River,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7054334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/north-burial-ground-83000695/"}