Oak Grove Cemetery (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Oak Grove Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	41°42′19″N 71°8′14″W / 41.70528°N 71.13722°W / 41.70528; -71.13722Coordinates: 41°42′19″N 71°8′14″W / 41.70528°N 71.13722°W / 41.70528; -71.13722
Built:	1855
Architect:	Josiah Brown
Architectural style:	Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Fall River MRA
NRHP Reference#:	83000698 [1]
Added to NRHP:	February 16, 1983

Oak Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 765 Prospect Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The cemetery was built in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notable burials

• Colonel Richard Borden, industrial pioneer, businessman
• Lizzie Borden, alleged murderer
• Charlie Buffinton, Major League Baseball player
• James Buffington, the first mayor of Fall River
• Sarah M. Cornell, found murdered on the Durfee Farm in 1832.
• Robert T. Davis, United States Representative from Massachusetts.
• William S. Greene, United States Representative from Massachusetts, also mayor of Fall River

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

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