About Common Street Cemetery
Common Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 36 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Charles Brigham, Curtis William Bixby and Eliza Willing Spring. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600887. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Burying Place, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mac Donald-Rockwellfuneral Hm in Watertown, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 162 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Watertown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Common Street Cemetery
Among them: 2 architects, 1 writer.
- Charles Brigham1841-1925American architect
- Curtis William Bixby1867-1923
- Eliza Willing Spring1791-1825
- Mary Barnard Horne1845-1931Author of minstrel shows
- Wilbur F. Learned1847-1930
People whose Wikidata entry gives Common Street 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 Common Street 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
- Old Burying PlaceWatertown, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Arlington Street Burying GroundWatertown, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Patrick's CemeteryWatertown, MACemetery1.2 mi
- Ridgelawn CemeteryBemis, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Belmont CemeteryWatertown, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Watertown Catholic CemeteryNorth Brighton, MACatholic cemetery1.5 mi
- Mount Auburn CemeteryNorth Brighton, MACemetery1.7 mi
- Market Street Burying GroundBrighton, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Market St CemeteryBrighton, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Cambridge CemeteryNorth Brighton, MACemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Common Street Cemetery
- Mac Donald-Rockwellfuneral Hm0.0 miFuneral home · Watertown · (617) 924-4700
- Macdonald Rockwell & Macdonald Funeral Service0.4 miFuneral home · Watertown · (617) 924-4700
- Mac Donald-Rockwellfuneral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Watertown · (617) 924-4700
- Nardone Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Watertown · (617) 924-1113
- Brown and Hickey Funeral Home and Cremation Service0.8 miFuneral home · Belmont · (617) 484-2534
- Faggas Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Watertown · (617) 926-2163
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