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The Greenhouse
May 15, 2024 by Corinne Elicona

The Greenhouse

This 9,500 square-foot facility comprised of four adjoining glass-houses exemplifies sustainable greenhouse construction. Among its many features are open-roof venting, side-wall and ceiling curtains, high-efficiency boilers for radiant floor heating…
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Story Chapel and Administration Building
April 30, 2024 by Mount Auburn Cemetery

Story Chapel and Administration Building

This sandstone complex, designed in English Perpendicular style, sits just inside Mount Auburn's Egyptian Revival Entrance. 
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Washington Tower
April 30, 2024 by Mount Auburn Cemetery

Washington Tower

This 62-foot observation tower, constructed in the 1850s of Quincy granite, sits in the center of Mount Auburn's landscape on its highest summit.
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Caroline Keller Loughlin (1940-2013)
April 5, 2024 by Corinne Elicona

Caroline Keller Loughlin (1940-2013)

Landscape Historian & Mount Auburn Trustee
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April 4, 2024 by Historical Collections

Saving the Binney Monument

Designated a National Treasure and considered by many to be the most important work of funerary art of its time, the large marble monument to Amos Binney was carved in…
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Explore the African American Heritage Trail
April 3, 2024 by Corinne Elicona

Explore the African American Heritage Trail

Mount Auburn Cemetery’s African American Heritage Trail illuminates the history of individuals who found their final resting place in a cemetery welcoming of all faiths, races, and backgrounds, and within…
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The Sphinx
April 3, 2024 by Corinne Elicona

The Sphinx

Mount Auburn’s Civil War Memorial
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Shaw Monument & The Massachusetts 54th
April 3, 2024 by Corinne Elicona

Shaw Monument & The Massachusetts 54th

In Memory: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of the Massachusetts 54th
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April 1, 2024 by Historical Collections

Research Services

Research Our Collections The rural cemetery movement is a subject of growing interest to scholars and educators across disciplines including landscape and architectural history, horticulture, American studies, anthropology, sociology, natural…
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March 22, 2024 by Friends of Mount Auburn

Members Events

Saturday, June 21, 5:30-7:30 PM The Friends of Mount Auburn is excited to welcome back Berklee College of Music professor Stan Strickland to usher in another summer at Mount Auburn!…
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