Holyhood Cemetery - 1857 - Brookline MA
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Don.Morfe
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Holyhood Cemetery was consecrated in 1857. It is located at 584 Heath Street, Brookline MA 02467. Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. and some of his family are buried there.
Waymark Code: WM1ARH3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2024
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From Wikipedia
"Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Laid out in 1857, the cemetery was designed to reflect the rural cemetery movement begun at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery. It was the first such cemetery in Brookline. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Most of the cemetery has the layout typical of rural cemeteries, with winding lanes and attractive landscaping. One section, known as the "German Acre" and located near the entrance, has a more traditional rectilinear form; it was laid out for a congregation of predominantly German Catholics. The cemetery chapel, built 1859–62, is set on a hill near its center, and was designed by Patrick Keely, an architect of Catholic churches. It is a Gothic Revival structure, built out of puddingstone.
Notable burials-Kennedy family
Holyhood Cemetery is best known for being the final resting place of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (parents of U.S. President John, U.S. Attorney General Robert, and U.S. Senator Edward). Their daughter, Rosemary Kennedy, is also buried here, along with several other family members.
The last child born to President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was also buried at Holyhood Cemetery, until being removed to Arlington National Cemetery, along with a stillborn daughter originally buried in Newport, Rhode Island, following their father's assassination and burial there in 1963."
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