Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton

Name: Woodlawn Cemetery
Address: Woodlawn street, Clinton, United States

#3 among attractions in Clinton

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Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Woodlawn Street in Clinton, Massachusetts. The oldest portion was laid out in 1853 by Joshua Thissell in the rural cemetery style popular at the time, and was one of the first municipal projects following the town's incorporation. It occupies a hilly parcel of over 33 acres, about 1 mile from the center of town. It was expanded twice, in the 1890s and in the 1920s. Prominent burials include Erastus and Horatio Bigelow, the town's early leading businessmen. ()

Built: 1852 (172 years ago)Coordinates: 42°25'8"N, 71°41'32"W

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Woodlawn streetClinton United States

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

Nearby attractions include: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Solomon Pond Mall, Old Stone Church, Museum of Russian Icons.

4.3 miSW
Botanical garden, Garden, Museum
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston
111 min walk • Tower Hill Botanic Garden is a 171-acre botanic garden and arboretum located in Boylston, Massachusetts, approximately 8 miles north of central Worcester in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
5.9 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Solomon Pond Mall, Marlborough
151 min walk • The Solomon Pond Mall is a two-level enclosed shopping mall located off Interstate 290, near its terminus at Interstate 495, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The mall features JCPenney and Macy's as anchors with one vacant anchor last occupied by Sears.
5.5 miSW
Church
Old Stone Church, West Boylston
141 min walk • The Old Stone Church, built in 1891 to replace the Baptist Church that burned, is a historic building in West Boylston, Massachusetts. On April 13, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
0.5 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton
13 min walk • The Museum of Russian Icons is a non-profit art museum located in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. The collection includes more than 1,000 Russian icons and related artifacts, making it one of the largest private collections of Russian icons outside of Russia and the largest in North America.
1.4 miS
Aqueduct
Wachusett Aqueduct, Marlborough
35 min walk • The Wachusett Aqueduct is a secondary aqueduct that carries water from the Wachusett Reservoir to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wachusett Reservoir, Clinton
106 min walk • The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. It is located in central Massachusetts, northeast of Worcester.
6.3 miSE
Cemetery
Robin Hill Cemetery, Marlborough
160 min walk • Robin Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Donald Lynch Boulevard in Marlborough, Massachusetts, overlooking the Assabet River. It is at about 1 acre the community's second smallest burial ground, and it had 24 markers denoting 27 burials.
3.8 miNW
42°27'14"N • 71°44'56"W
Mulligan's Miniature Golf, Sterling
96 min walk • Entertainment, Golf
0.5 miE
Library
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton
12 min walk • The Bigelow Carpet Mill is an historic textile mill complex at Union and High Streets in Clinton, Massachusetts. Built in 1847 and repeatedly enlarged until 1922, this large mill complex was one of the world's major early automated manufacturers of Brussels tapestry, established by Horatio and Erastus Bigelow.
5.9 miSW
Library
Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston
152 min walk • The Beaman Memorial Public Library is the public library of West Boylston, Massachusetts. It is located near the town common, at 8 Newton Street, in an architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building constructed in 1912 to a design by Worcester architect Lucius Briggs.
0.4 miE
Church
First Methodist Church, Clinton
12 min walk • The First Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building at 75 Walnut Street in Clinton, Massachusetts. It is an L-shaped stone and stucco structure, two stories in height, with a steeply pitched slate roof.

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Which popular attractions are close to Woodlawn Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include First Methodist Church, Clinton (12 min walk), Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton (12 min walk), Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton (13 min walk).