Eastern Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine. Established in 1668, it is the city's oldest historic site.[2] It has more than 4,000 marked graves with an estimated further 3,000 burials in unmarked plots.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
The cemetery is owned by the city of Portland. The volunteer nonprofit group Spirits Alive, founded in 2006, is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the cemetery through conservation and education.[4] Spirits Alive offers daily walking tours from June through mid-October.[5]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Tours mark 350th anniversary of Eastern Cemetery in Portland". Press Herald. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
^"NRHP nomination for Eastern Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
^"Historic Cemeteries". Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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