About Church on the Hill Cemetery
Church on the Hill Cemetery is a church cemetery near Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 1,329 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including Serge Koussevitzky, James Crafts and Julius Rockwell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1978683. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Anns Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roche Funeral Home in Lenox, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Berkshire County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berkshire County dates to 1758. 5 of the 118 listings in Berkshire County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lenox. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 musician, 1 Revolutionary War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 US senator.
- Serge Koussevitzky1874-1951Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist
- James Crafts1839-1917American chemist
- Julius Rockwell1805-1888American politician
- Herbert Parsons1869-1925American politician, New York
- Alfred Gilmore1812-1858American politician
- John Paterson1744-1808American politician
- John Edward Parsons1829-1915American lawyer
- Joseph Tucker1832-1907American politician (1832-1907); 28th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- George Worthington1840-1908American clergyman (1840-1908); bishop of Nebraska
- Thomas Frederick Davies Jr.1872-1936Episcopal bishop
- Charles D. Lanier1837-1926American banker
- Edith Parsons Morgan1865-1942
Show all 23 notable burials
- Edward Robbins Wharton1850-1928
- George Evans Turnure1866-1933
- Jean Van Nest1860-1932
- Lila Vanderbilt Sloane Field1878-1934
- Margaret Winthrop Folsom1876-1946
- Mary Dumesnil McIlvaine Parsons1834-18961834-1896
- Maud Christine Folsom1880-1947
- Olga Koussevitzky1901-1978Patron of the arts
- Rufus Lenoir Patterson1922-1944
- William Osgood Field1904-1994American glaciologist
- Winifred Folsom1882-1927
People whose Wikidata entry gives Church on the Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Church on the Hill Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Anns CemeteryLenox, MACemetery0.4 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryLenox, MACemetery2.0 mi
- New Lenox CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery3.2 mi
- Northeast CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery3.5 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryLee, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Cone Hill CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery4.3 mi
- North CemeteryRichmond, MACemetery4.5 mi
- October Mountain CemeteryLee, MA · est. 1811Cemetery4.9 mi
- Center CemeteryRichmond, MACemetery4.9 mi
- Fairmont CemeteryLee, MACemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Church on the Hill Cemetery
- Roche Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Lenox · (413) 637-0699
- Kelly Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Lee · (413) 243-0204
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-4064
- Flynn & Dagnoli-bencivenga Funeral Homes6.1 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-1733
- Dery Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 358-4452
- Devanny-condron Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-5988
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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