Walnut Grove Cemetery, Methuen

Name: Walnut Grove Cemetery
Address: Methuen, United States

#9 among attractions in Methuen

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Walnut Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Grove and Railroads Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. The still active cemetery sits on 14 acres and is privately funded with a Board of Directors. The cemetery was established in 1853, and was laid out in the then-popular rural cemetery style. The Tenney Memorial Chapel given by the Daniel G. Tenney in 1927 as a memorial to his parents Charles H. Tenney and Fannie Haseltine Tenney. The chapel was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury. The earliest burial is estimated to be about 1850; whereas the number of burials before 1960 is unknown, there have been 896 burials since 1960. ()

Built: 1853 (171 years ago)Coordinates: 42°43'23"N, 71°11'27"W

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Methuen (Downtown Methuen)Methuen United States

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Walnut Grove Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Methuen Memorial Music Hall, High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, Lawrence Street Cemetery, Greycourt State Park.

~1640 ftNE
Music and shows, Theater, Concerts and shows
Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen
8 min walk • Methuen Memorial Music Hall, initially named Searles Organ Hall, was built by Edward Francis Searles to house "The Great Organ", a very large pipe organ that had been built for the Boston Music Hall.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, Lawrence
30 min walk • The High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, colloquially known as the Tower Hill Tower, is a public water supply facility off Massachusetts Route 110 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
0.5 miNE
Cemetery
Lawrence Street Cemetery, Methuen
14 min walk • The Lawrence Street Cemetery, or more commonly known as "the Village Burying Ground", is a historic cemetery on Lawrence Street in Methuen, Massachusetts.
0.7 miNE
Park
Greycourt State Park, Methuen
18 min walk • Greycourt State Park is a public recreation area covering 24 acres atop the partially restored ruins of the Charles H. Tenney estate in Methuen, Massachusetts.
0.5 miNE
Church
First Baptist Church, Methuen
12 min walk • First Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church building at 30 Park Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1869 for a congregation established in 1815, it is one of the town's finest examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture.
0.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Church Congregational, Methuen
13 min walk • First Church Congregational is a historic church at Pleasant and Stevens Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. The stone Gothic Revival structure was built in 1855 for Methuen's first congregation, established in 1729.
0.4 miN
Library
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen
10 min walk • The Nevins Memorial Library at 305 Broadway in Methuen, Massachusetts was built in 1883 to honor David Nevins, Sr. as a memorial gift from his wife Eliza Nevins, his elder son David Nevins, Jr. and his younger son Henry Coffin Nevins.
0.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Tenney Castle Gatehouse, Methuen
14 min walk • The Tenney Castle Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse at 37 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984.
0.9 miS
Cemetery
Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence
24 min walk • Bellevue Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts. Established in 1847 and owned by the city of Lawrence, it is the first and principal cemetery of the city and a notable example of a rural cemetery.
~780 ftNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Methuen Rail Trail, Methuen
4 min walk • The Methuen Rail Trail is a rail trail in Methuen and Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is 2.4 miles long, measuring from Manchester Street in Lawrence to the New Hampshire state border.
~1820 ftNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Johnson House, Methuen
9 min walk • The Johnson House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a hip roof and end chimneys.

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Which popular attractions are close to Walnut Grove Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Spicket Falls Historic District, Methuen (7 min walk), Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen (8 min walk), Johnson House, Methuen (9 min walk), Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen (10 min walk).