Hillside Cemetery, North Adams

Name: Hillside Cemetery
Address: North Adams, United States

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Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery on West Main Street between Brown Street and Charles Street in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the western fringe of the city, the earliest portions of the cemetery date to 1798; it is the community's oldest public burying ground. The cemetery is divided by Route 2, with the older section to the north and the younger section to the south. The cemetery's location at the foot of Mount Greylock gives it excellent views of the surrounding area, and of the urban core of North Adams. ()

Built: 1798 (226 years ago)Coordinates: 42°42'0"N, 73°7'24"W

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Hillside Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: MASS MoCA, Museum of History & Science, Western Gateway Heritage State Park, MCLA Freel Library.

0.4 miE
Acclaimed museum for new art
MASS MoCA, North Adams
11 min walk • The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams, Massachusetts.
0.5 miE
Specialty museum, Museum
Museum of History & Science, North Adams
14 min walk • The North Adams Museum of History and Science is located on State Street in North Adams, Massachusetts as part of Western Gateway Heritage State Park. The building it inhabits was originally built in 1880 as a coal distribution center. The museum, however, was established by the North Adams Historical Society in 1988.
0.5 miE
State park, Visitor center, Park
Western Gateway Heritage State Park, North Adams
13 min walk • Western Gateway Heritage State Park is a history-focused Massachusetts state park in the city of North Adams managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
1.1 miSE
42°41'33"N • 73°6'17"W
MCLA Freel Library, North Adams
28 min walk • Library
0.7 miNE
Neighbourhood
Freeman's Grove Historic District, North Adams
18 min walk • The Freeman's Grove Historic District is a residential historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It encompasses a neighborhood north of the city center that is a well-preserved instance of a working class area developed during its industrial heyday in the late 19th century.
~1180 ftW
Greek Revival architecture
Crowley House, North Adams
6 min walk • The Crowley House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is one a small number of houses in North Adams built in a transitional Federalist-Greek Revival style, and one of its relatively small number of early 19th-century houses.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
Monument Square–Eagle Street Historic District, North Adams
17 min walk • The Monument Square–Eagle Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing the civic heart of North Adams, Massachusetts.
0.9 miE
Neighbourhood
Church Street–Cady Hill Historic District, North Adams
22 min walk • The Church Street–Cady Hill Historic District, originally known as the Church Street Historic District, is a historic district in North Adams, Massachusetts. It was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and was expanded and renamed in 1985.
0.6 miW
Greek Revival architecture
Wells House, North Adams
15 min walk • The Wells House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1840, it is a locally rare surviving example of a Greek Revival farmhouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
1.1 miSE
Universities and schools
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams
29 min walk • The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a public liberal arts college in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is part of the state university system of Massachusetts. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
0.4 miNE
Universities and schools
Johnson School, North Adams
12 min walk • The Johnson School is a historic former school building on School Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1898, this Romanesque Revival school is a significant work of the prominent local architect Edwin Thayer Barlow.

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Which popular attractions are close to Hillside Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Crowley House, North Adams (6 min walk), MASS MoCA, North Adams (11 min walk), Johnson School, North Adams (12 min walk), Western Gateway Heritage State Park, North Adams (13 min walk).

Hillside Cemetery, North Adams

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Hillside Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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Which popular attractions are close to Hillside Cemetery?