Hooper Tomb in Marblehead, Massachusetts

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Get directions 27 Harris Street
Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945 United States

Coordinates: 42.50527, -70.85114
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The Hooper Tomb is located directly across the street from the Harris Street Cemetery (aka Pedrick Cemetery/Mugford Cemetery) and the Unitarian Church cemetery.

Previously littered with trash and overgrown, this cemetery is now clean but not accessible. It is completely enclosed by a high stone wall, which is kept locked. Many gravestones have been stolen and all that remains now is a Tomb and Crypt. The door on the Tomb is very difficult to read due to weathering. The Crypt on top of the Tomb is in better condition. St. Michael's Church went to great lengths to restore this family burial ground. In 1833, Capt. John Glover Hooper donated a considerable amount of money to restore St. Michael's Church, which kept the church from being closed. His generosity was returned by the church when the cemetery was rediscovered and reclaimed from the weeds.

[Source: Old cemeteries of Marblehead, Essex Co., Mass. : inscriptions of gravestones of Marblehead cemeteries in use prior to 1800 by Joyann Reynolds, c1998]