Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 United StatesCoordinates: 42.36467, -71.22683 - www.ccemetery.org/About/contact.html
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In 1824, the Boston Manufacturing Company bought 15 acres of the Kent Farm. The BMC sold the portion of the 15-acre lot south of Calvary Street to John Joseph Williams, in 1866, to form the initial part of Calvary Cemetery.
In this section of the cemetery are the grave stones and remains from the original Catholic cemetery in Waltham. The original Catholic church in Waltham was built in 1830-1831 on Church Street. A cemetery was established adjacent to the church. Although the church burned down in 1848, the cemetery continued to be used. In 1947, the City of Waltham had the gravestones and remains moved from the Church Street cemetery to this section of Calvary Cemetery in order to make room for a new technical high school on Church Street. The stones were not remounted vertically, but laid on the ground horizontally, and, over the years, had become covered by sod. In 2015, a successful volunteer effort was mounted to reveal the headstones.
The next addition to the cemetery was made in 1879 when 17 acres were added. This was the section south and west of the initial part, and bounded by the Newton line, High Street, Cedar Street, and John Street. The final 25 acres were added to the cemetery in 1903.
History of Land Development in Waltham, Mass: Neighborhood Survey, the South Side. The Waltham Historical Society
In 1824, the Boston Manufacturing Company bought 15 acres of the Kent Farm. The BMC sold the portion of the 15-acre lot south of Calvary Street to John Joseph Williams, in 1866, to form the initial part of Calvary Cemetery.
In this section of the cemetery are the grave stones and remains from the original Catholic cemetery in Waltham. The original Catholic church in Waltham was built in 1830-1831 on Church Street. A cemetery was established adjacent to the church. Although the church burned down in 1848, the cemetery continued to be used. In 1947, the City of Waltham had the gravestones and remains moved from the Church Street cemetery to this section of Calvary Cemetery in order to make room for a new technical high school on Church Street. The stones were not remounted vertically, but laid on the ground horizontally, and, over the years, had become covered by sod. In 2015, a successful volunteer effort was mounted to reveal the headstones.
The next addition to the cemetery was made in 1879 when 17 acres were added. This was the section south and west of the initial part, and bounded by the Newton line, High Street, Cedar Street, and John Street. The final 25 acres were added to the cemetery in 1903.
History of Land Development in Waltham, Mass: Neighborhood Survey, the South Side. The Waltham Historical Society
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