First, I lived close by for several years and never saw ghosts. I don't think it's remotely spooky. I do think it is clean and has a strong historical value. It is less crowded than other cemeteries in Boston so it's easier to feel that history.
It was established in 1659, and was originally named "North Burying Ground". It was the city's second cemetery.
Notable burials
- William Copp's children
- Shem Drowne, coppersmith, author of the grasshopper weathervane atop Faneuil Hall
- Benjamin Edes, journalist and agitator
- Prince Hall, abolitionist, the father of Black Freemasonry
- Edmund Hartt, master carpenter
- Samuel Mather, Independent minister
- Increase Mather, Puritan minister
- Cotton Mather, Puritan minister
- Robert Newman, the patriot who placed the signal lanterns in the steeple of Old North Church
- John Norman, publisher
- Major Samuel Shaw, first American consul at Canton
- Nicholas Upsall, Puritan and later Quaker leader
- George Worthylake, first keeper of the Boston Light
Hours:
Dawn to Dusk
Address:
21 Hull St.
Boston, MA 02113
