Fairview Cemetery
Also known as East Burying Ground
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Westford, Massachusetts 01886 United StatesCoordinates: 42.58741, -71.42011 - www.westfordma.gov/1055/Cemetery-Department
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Westford's first public cemetery is its largest and second-oldest in town; the earliest burial is believed to be that of Abram Wright in 1702. After Westford was incorporated in 1729 the cemetery was called East Burying Ground and also known as "Snow's Cemetery" after long time caretaker Levi Snow. It was renamed Fairview in 1894 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002.
The 10.45 cemetery is lined by a granite wall which holds two tombs once used for springtime burials and for the Richardson family (1817-1902). A larger tomb in the West Division is for the well-known Abbot, Fletcher, Heywood, Keyes, and Proctor clans (1816-1926). The white gazebo was first built in 1880 and rebuilt in years since. The West and Old West Divisions feature about 300 slate markers from the Colonial and Federal periods, many of them veterans of the Revolutionary War and founders of the town. On the winding roads within Fairview one may view many beautiful trees and monuments, obelisks, chests and statuary of slate, granite, marble, pink and polished quartz, zinc and sandstone.
Fairview no longer has lots available for sale but it is an active cemetery for burials of lot owners. Please contact the Cemetery Department with questions or concerns.
Westford's first public cemetery is its largest and second-oldest in town; the earliest burial is believed to be that of Abram Wright in 1702. After Westford was incorporated in 1729 the cemetery was called East Burying Ground and also known as "Snow's Cemetery" after long time caretaker Levi Snow. It was renamed Fairview in 1894 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002.
The 10.45 cemetery is lined by a granite wall which holds two tombs once used for springtime burials and for the Richardson family (1817-1902). A larger tomb in the West Division is for the well-known Abbot, Fletcher, Heywood, Keyes, and Proctor clans (1816-1926). The white gazebo was first built in 1880 and rebuilt in years since. The West and Old West Divisions feature about 300 slate markers from the Colonial and Federal periods, many of them veterans of the Revolutionary War and founders of the town. On the winding roads within Fairview one may view many beautiful trees and monuments, obelisks, chests and statuary of slate, granite, marble, pink and polished quartz, zinc and sandstone.
Fairview no longer has lots available for sale but it is an active cemetery for burials of lot owners. Please contact the Cemetery Department with questions or concerns.
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