Which notable historical figures are buried here?

The grounds contain the burials of Paul Revere, Christopher Seider, victims of the Boston Massacre, and signers of the Declaration of Independence including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine.

Why was the cemetery given this name?

The site took its name from a granary building that formerly occupied the plot where Park Street Church now stands.

Why are the headstones arranged in straight rows?

The markers were realigned into orderly rows to allow nineteenth-century lawn mowers to maintain the turf.

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You will cut past Tremont Street crowds on your daily walk through Downtown, stepping right alongside colonial burials without leaving the city core.

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Granary Burying Ground preserves early American graves directly along Tremont Street.

Granary Burying Ground occupies land that once belonged to Boston Common before the town partitioned the block for public institutions. It became Boston's third burial site after King's Chapel ran out of room. The ground took its current name from a storehouse that stood where Park Street Church now stands on the corner.

Puritan theology prohibited religious icons, which led local carvers to express ideas through slate markers bearing winged skull motifs. Victorian stewards later moved those markers into straight alignments so that lawn mowers could navigate between the rows, leaving the gravestones out of sync with the remains buried below.

Major figures from the American Revolution lie within the enclosure, including Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere. Victims of the Boston Massacre and Christopher Seider rest here as well, kept behind an Egyptian Revival gateway designed by architect Isaiah Rogers to secure the central streetfront.

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Soul EffigiesWinged death heads serve as the primary Puritan markers across the grounds.
Revolutionary PatriotsSigners of the Declaration and massacre victims are buried across the parcel.
Displaced MarkersNineteenth-century groundskeepers rearranged stones into artificial rows.
Tremont Street GatewayAn Egyptian Revival portal and iron fence enclose the boundary line.

Faits

The cemetery was established in central Boston on land formerly belonging to Boston Common.
Isaiah Rogers designed the Egyptian Revival gateway and iron boundary fence on Tremont Street.
Christopher Seider and victims of the Boston Massacre are buried on the property.
Caretakers reorganized the slate headstones into regular rows to allow lawn mowers to pass.

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Granary Burying Ground preserves early American graves directly along Tremont Street.

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