Mount Auburn Cemetery
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
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Established in 1875 as part of the rural garden cemetery movement, Mount Auburn Cemetery is located at 200 Mount Auburn Avenue in Auburn, Maine.
The grounds transitioned into an irrigated cemetery following an 1894 infrastructure project that utilized a $3,000 windmill-driven waterworks system.
In 1903, the cemetery expanded by absorbing Lake View Cemetery from Africa Staples; this section, bordering Mount Auburn Avenue, is now known as the "Old Yard."
The cemetery's primary architectural feature is a granite receiving tomb commissioned in 1917. Designed by Lewiston-based Gibbs & Pulsifer and built for $16,000, the structure features a 62-foot-wide Hallowell granite facade, solid brass doors and an interior of Vermont marble with 102 individual chambers.
In 1935, a granite monument was erected in the secluded veterans' section by the A.C. Pray Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Dedicated to the Burnside Post No. 47 and veterans of all wars, it bears the inscription: "Eternal Vigilance Is The Price of Liberty."
In 1946, the Lions Club of Auburn established a memorial area with an oval-shaped pond near Summer Street. The monuments there were updated in 1975 and 2022, providing a chronological record for those researching service history from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts.
Established in 1875 as part of the rural garden cemetery movement, Mount Auburn Cemetery is located at 200 Mount Auburn Avenue in Auburn, Maine.
The grounds transitioned into an irrigated cemetery following an 1894 infrastructure project that utilized a $3,000 windmill-driven waterworks system.
In 1903, the cemetery expanded by absorbing Lake View Cemetery from Africa Staples; this section, bordering Mount Auburn Avenue, is now known as the "Old Yard."
The cemetery's primary architectural feature is a granite receiving tomb commissioned in 1917. Designed by Lewiston-based Gibbs & Pulsifer and built for $16,000, the structure features a 62-foot-wide Hallowell granite facade, solid brass doors and an interior of Vermont marble with 102 individual chambers.
In 1935, a granite monument was erected in the secluded veterans' section by the A.C. Pray Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Dedicated to the Burnside Post No. 47 and veterans of all wars, it bears the inscription: "Eternal Vigilance Is The Price of Liberty."
In 1946, the Lions Club of Auburn established a memorial area with an oval-shaped pond near Summer Street. The monuments there were updated in 1975 and 2022, providing a chronological record for those researching service history from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts.
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- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 90243
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