Major Bibliographical References. (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National x Local government Register - University - designated a National Historic Landmark _ Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # Worthington Assessor's office _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #. BrsFom 10900e United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _8 Page _ OMB Approvel No.
1021-0018 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA 8. NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE North Cemetery, Cold Street, Worthington, MA, possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and meets National Register Criteria A and C at the local level. Situated at the edge of mature woodlands near the hamlet of Worthington Corners, North Cemetery was established before 1795, within thirty years of the settlement of the town. The oldest burials occurred in the eastern and lowest section of the cemetery where many stones date to the period between 1790 and 1830. Gradually, the cemetery grew westward, and today, new burials appear in the westernmost and highest section. North Cemetery is the largest of Worthington's six cemeteries, covering 3.5 acres.
While the exact date of its establishment is unknown, North Cemetery holds the graves of many town fathers and their descendents. These include James Bemiss (d. 1816), one of the founding members of the First Congregational Church of Worthington, Zephaniah Hatch (d. 1807), a major financial contributor to the Revolutionary War, and Colonel Trowbridge Ward (d. 1824), a representative to the State's General Court in 1820 and 1821. Other town founders include Nathan Branch (d. 1822) Asa Burton (d. 1816), and Captain John Drury (d. 1820). North Cemetery also holds several of the town's early mill owners, including Aaron Stevens (b. 1786) and his son, Lafayette (1824-1895), saw mill, grist mill, and later metals manufacturers, and store keeper and postmaster Horace Cole (d. 1877). Sixty-two war veterans rest at North Cemetery, three of whom fought in the American Revolution.
North Cemetery meets Criterion C through several landscape features and many locally- carved grave markers. Field stone walls enclose the entire cemetery on three sides, and allees of 30" to 36" caliper Sugar Maples line the walls. The Maples' limbs stretch into the Cemetery, creating a dramatic edge. Mortared field stone gateposts mark two of the three entries, and turf and dirt cart paths lead from the entries into the cemetery. Turf, punctuated with periwinkle, perennial thyme, creeping phlox, lamb's ears, and sedum, covers the cemetery floor, creating a colorful patchwork effect. Many of North Cemetery's markers reflect materials of the local environment and the artistry of local craftsmen. Marble and schist, found in the Berkshire region, account for (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 persFom 109001 United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Section number 8 Page roughly half of all monuments and markers. Several of these stones display the work of area carvers, including H. Fox of West Stockbridge, initials G. B. W. of Pittsfield, and J. Dougherty of the southern Berkshires. Goshen Stone, a material native to the neighboring town of Goshen, marks several North Cemetery graves. Another feature contributing to Criterion C is the Horace Cole plot, marked by a central zinc obelisk and cast iron perimeter fence. North Cemetery retains the integrity of an 18"h century rural burial ground, carved out of native woodlands and defined, like an agricultural field, by field stone walls and Sugar Maple trees.
Despite the addition of burials as late as 2001, the historic character remains, making it a highly significant historic landscape. A Brief History of Worthington Establishment and Early History (1700s) The land that comprises the Town of Worthington today was purchased on June 2, 1762 from the Province of Massachusetts Bay. It was sold at auction as 'Plantation Number 3' along with several other land tracts in the area. Aaron Willard Jr. of Lancaster made the purchase for himself and four other buyers: Selah Barnard, Josiah Dwight, Timothy Dwight, and John Worthington, for whom the town was named. These five people were the original proprietors of Plantation Number 3, and the earliest settlers purchased land from them. The proprietors donated land for the settlement's first meetinghouse, grist mill, and school, and also financed the construction of the meetinghouse and grist mill.
Many of Worthington's first settlers came to the area from Preston, Connecticut. They began to arrive and establish homesteads by the late spring of 1764. Other early settlers came from central and eastern Massachusetts, drawn to the area because of its large tracts of land for agriculture and streams for the powering of grist and lumber mills. The Town of Worthington was officially incorporated on June 30th, 1768. Following incorporation, residents began to establish important community amenities including the meetinghouse (1760s), two taverns (1760s), a church (1771), and a school (1773). By 1776 the town's population had reached approximately 639. The first meetinghouse was constructed near the intersection of today's Sam Hill Road and West Street. By all accounts it was a somewhat primitive and uncomfortable building which was constructed over a period of many years.
The town's First (continued) OMB Approval No.1024-0018 pens fomm 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page _3 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MÁ Congregational Church, organized in 1771, appears to have used the meetinghouse for its ervices as well. The townspeople may have established a cemetery behind this structur n 1771, the same year they hired Reverend Jonathan Huntington, the town's first minister. In the early 1790s the meetinghouse was dismantled, redesigned and rebuilt near the intersection of Harvey and Huntington Roads, responding to an eastward shift in the town's population. During the Revolutionary War, Worthington provided troops and supplies whenever requests were made.
Captain Ebenezer Webber of Worthington led 71 Minute Men from Worthington and Ashfield to the Boston area in 1775. According to Rice (1874), at least 42 Worthington soldiers participated in the Revolutionary War. Growth of the Town (late 1700s and 1800s) Worthington's early settlers engaged primarily in agriculture, producing flax, corn, hay, wheat, tobacco, rye, butter, cheese, barley, potatoes, oats, maple molasses, maple sugar, buckwheat, peas, beans, beeswax, and honey. Many Worthington residents raised sheep and exported the wool, but lower prices from abroad during the 1800s led to the decline of sheep farming in the town. The Westfield River and the numerous streams in Worthington provided power for many different mills and factories.
Beginning in the 1700s and throughout the 1800s a wide variety of goods were produced in Worthington, including lumber and wood furniture, sleds and children's toys, tool handles, leather saddles, harnesses, baskets, shoes, cider, and cheese. During this period the settlers of the town established several small villages or hamlets, many of which had their own municipal amenities including post offices, schools and cemeteries. These hamlets included: West Worthington, Christian Hollow or 'ampsonville, Worthington Corners, Worthington Center, Ringville, the Kinne/Pease District, and South Worthington. Worthington Corners historically was a crossroads containing amenities such as stores, taverns, a post office, and the North Cemetery. During the 1800s a cheese factory and basket shop also operated in this part of town.
In 1797 the Albany-Boston Turnpike was constructed through Worthington, resulting in a constant flow of people, traffic and news through the town. During this period there were (continued) Pers Form 10-900 - United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA five taverns in Worthington, accommodating the public and private stagecoaches using became an inland town", and "the stores and taverns along the line of the old road disappeared." Approximately 24 Worthington soldiers served in the War of 1812, including William Ward and William Rice as commissioned officers. Between 62 and 102 men served in the Civil War, and 21 were killed or died during service.
In 1825, the first meetinghouse, which had been moved from its original location in the early 1790s, was abandoned and a new building constructed on the site of today's in 1849. In 1810, the town's population reached a high point of 1,391. However, after the railroad appeared in 1841 along the Westfield River several miles to the south, Worthington's population declined. By 1900 only 675 resided in Worthington. Worthington in the 20'h Century During the early 1900s dairy farming became an important part of the local economy, but similar to sheep farming during the 1800s, it had declined by mid-century. Similar to most communities across the State, agriculture as a source of employment has declined steadily in Worthington over the past century. The mills and factories of the 1800s have also closed, no longer providing local employment.
The hamlet of Ringville, for example, once supported the Ring and Hayden Mills as well as its own school, post office and stores. By the late 1900s it consisted of a small number of homes and the Ringville Cemetery. Today many Worthington residents commute to neighboring towns and cities for employment and shopping. Twenty-six Worthington men served in World War I and 52 served in World War II. Their names are listed on a boulder within the town common, and include four who lost their lives: William J. Coffey, Norman C. Eddy, Donald W. Mollison, and Russell B. Shaw. (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 RenS For 10-900 - United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Section number 8 Page In 1950 local citizens established the Worthington Health Center to replace the country doctor who retired in that year. A private enterprise, the Health Center receives funding from annual dues paid by members and from donations, as well as fees charged to patients. It is a unique system that serves citizens from the town of Worthington as well Because of its position at the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, Worthington has become something of a summer colony, with many people maintaining seasonal residence. After reaching a low of 462 just after World War II, the town's population has been increasing with each passing decade.
By 1990, 1,200 people resided in Worthington, operating local businesses, owning home-based enterprises, and commuting to jobs in nearby Northampton and Amherst. The population remains stable to this day. North Cemetery Unfortunately little documentation survives regarding the establishment and evolution of North Cemetery. However, because its oldest stones date from the mid 1790s, it is likely that the cemetery was established around this time period. North Cemetery was expanded in the early 1990s, when the town purchased a tract of land bordering the cemetery along its northern edge. This area has not yet been developed for burial and Worthington's Vital Records, local histories, and site visits indicate that this cemetery contains the gravesites of several citizens who shaped the growth and development of the town over the past two hundred years.
At least six of the original inhabitants who settled the town and their families (as listed by James C. Rice in "History of the Town of Worthington From Its First Settlement to 1874") are buried in North Cemetery. These families were headed by: James Bemiss (d. 1799), Nathan Branch (d. 1822), Asa Burton (d. 1816), Captain John Drury (d. 1820), and Zephaniah Hatch (d. 1807). James Bemiss was also one of the founding members of the First Congregational Church of Worthington. Zephaniah Hatch, a wealthy man, loaned the fledgling colonial government large sums of money, helping to finance the Revolutionary War. Historical accounts suggest that he was never repaid properly, and sustained enormous financial losses as a result of his patriotism. Other important leaders buried at North Cemetery include Colonel Trowbridge Ward (d.
1824), a veteran who served as the town's representative to the State's General Court in 1820 and 1821, and Deacon Azariah Parsons, one of Worthington's first settlers and church leaders. (continued) OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Rens form 10-900-s United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page6 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Worthington and became a storekeeper, then expanded into shoe and boot manufacturing, and in 1874 constructed the cheese factory at Worthington Corners. Cole also served as establishing the First Methodist Church of Worthington. His son and grandson and their families also lived in Worthington and took over the family business as well as the role of postmaster.
Horace Cole died in 1877; he and several descendants, a family of great local significance, are buried in North Cemetery. Several other Worthington entrepreneurs of the 1800s are buried in North Cemetery. These include Gordyce and Fordyce Bates, brothers who owned an operated a mill that manufactured wooden shovel handles and furniture. Several members of the Stevens family are buried at North Cemetery, including brothers Aaron and Lafayette. This family initially operated grist mills in the early 1800s, and shortly thereafter expanded first into saw mills and then into the manufacturing of embroidery hoops, drum and banjo hoops, drums sticks, boxes, and mouse trap boards. The Stevens family successfully operated mills in Worthington throughout the 19* century. Many members of the Rice family are buried in North Cemetery. William A.
Rice was the first member of this family to settle in Worthington. He was born in Conway in 1778 and moved to Worthington in 1803. In 1806 he married Wealthy Cottrell, who was William Cullen Bryant's teacher in the neighboring Town of Cummington. Following William A. Rice's service as a Colonel in the War of 1812, he, with his wife, raised twelve children, including James Clay Rice, who wrote and published the first book about the history of Worthington. James also served in the Civil War, and was appointed Brigadier General by President Lincoln. James died during the battle at Spotsylvania. While he was buried with military honors in Albany, New York, his parents William and Wealthy Rice and several of their other descendants are buried in North Cemetery. The story of Gurney Skelton provides one final anecdote.
Local tradition claims Skelton was born around 1910, delivered prematurely by a midwife, Alice LaCart Gurney. She placed the tiny infant in a South Worthington-made Higgins basket and rested him on an oven door. The baby was not expected to live, but as weeks passed, grew stronger. Realizing the baby would indeed survive, his parents needed to name him, and looked to (continued) OMB Approvel No. 1021-0018 PS Fomm 10900a United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), the midwife for inspiration: Alice seemed inappropriate for a boy, so they named him Jurney. He matured into a large, strong man, serving as a mechanic in World War II. When he died in the 1990s, Gurney joined the woman who had given him life.
His ashes were scattered alongside Alice LaCart Gurney's grave in North Cemetery. initially was established or how it evolved over time, this cemetery is of importance locally because of the number of community founders, leaders, entrepreneurs, and local characters buried here. Ranging from early settlers and founders of the First Congregational Church to industrialists of the 1800s to veterans of the 1900s, these are the people who have created the town's history. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of ancient Native American settlement in Worthington are poorly understood, any surviving sites could be significant. Ancient sites in this area may contribute important information relating to patterns of Native American subsistence and settlement activities in the Berkshire uplands of Western Massachusetts in general and specifically along tributary streams of the Westfield River.
Ancient Native American sites in this area may contain information that indicates the extend to which this area was exploited by Mohican groups and their predecessors from the New York locale or by the Woronoaks and Nonotucks and their forbearers in the Connecticut River Valleys. The above information can be used to test the extent that river basin boundaries were analogous with Native socio-political boundaries at different points in ancient history and the Contact Period.
Historic archaeological resources described above have the potential to contribute important information relating to the evolution of the North Cemetery and detailed information on the changing social, cultural, and economic characteristics that typified many of the inhabitants that lived in a rural New England agricultural and mill village that evolved in the 18th and 19" centuries in a river valley in the foothills of the Green Mountains of western Massachusetts. Structural evidence from outbuildings may contribute information relating to maintenance activities at the cemetery and facilities associated with funerary activities such as a hearse barn or mausoleum community. Osteological studies of skeletal remains in marked and unmarked graves may contribute important information on the general health and pathologies that effected. (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 eens Fom 10-900- United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MÃ Section number 8 Page - 8 Archaeological testing might also recover evidence of post-holes, walls, and gates which, when mapped may help reconstruct cemetery boundaries and family burial areas. Archaeological evidence of unmarked graves may help reconstruct burial patterns within the cemetery and the treatment of deceased paupers and other indigent persons by the town and local inhabitants in the town from the period of initial settlement and later This information may reflect differences in health and medical treatment based on social cultural or economic groupings.
Artifacts recovered from graves and their general proximity may also contribute information relating to the social, cultural, and economic characteristics of individuals and groups. Fragments and complete gravestones may contain stylistic traits that represent particular religious, ethnic, or other social groupings. Other characteristics of gravestones may indicate the economic class of individuals. Artifacts related to memorial services or grave offerings can also contribute much of the above information. Taken as a whole, the above information can contribute a wealth of information on the evolution and inhabitants of the North Cemetery and Town of Worthington. Information obtained through archaeological research may also help fill the documentary void that exists relating to when the cemetery was founded and its early evolution. (end) North Cemetery. Name of Property 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property 3.5 Acres UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1. 18 668900 4698560 Zone Easting Northing "Zone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By nameltitle Martha H. Lyon, Paysage, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number 220 Morrissey Boulevard city or town_Boston _ stateMA _ zip code_02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Hampshire County, Massachusetts County, State 3. Zone Easting 4. Zone Easting - See continuation sheet Northing Northing .
date _January, 2004 -telephone_617.727.8470 A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item atthe request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Iown of Worthington street & number Town Hall, P. O. Box 247, Huntington Road _ telephone 413.238.5577 city or town Worthington _ state_MA _ zip code_01098 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings.
Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. ppafom 10.900-0 United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _9 Page _L OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Books Bartlett, Elsie V., A Handbook of Questions and Answers Relating to the History of Worthington, Massachusetts. Burr, Clement F., Notes on Early Settlers from List in Rice's History. 1978. Conwell, Russell H., Acres of Diamonds. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. Forbes, Herriette Merrifield. Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800. Boston: Riverside Press of Houghton Mifflin, 1927 (reprint Foster, Apthorp F., ed., Vital Records of Worthington Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1911. Johnson, Clifton, Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley. Springfield: Milton Bradley Company. Ludwig, Allan. Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650- 1815.
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1966 (Third edition by Wesleyan University Press, 1999). Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Historic Cemeteries Preservation Initiative, Preservation Guidelines for Municipally Owned Historic Burial Grounds and Cemeteries. Boston: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, 2000. Moody, Rev. George Reed, The South Worthington Parish, South Worthington, Massachusetts, 1899-1905. (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Pens Fom 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Section number Page -? Rice, James C., J. H. Bisbee, and C. K. Brewster, History of the Town of Worthington, From Its First Settlement to 1874. Springfield: Clark W. Bryan & Company, 1874.
Western Hampshire Board of Trade, The Western Hampshire Highlands, Massachusetts. Springfield: F. A. Bassette Company, 1912. Wikander, Lawrence E., Terry Wikander, Helen Wikander, Mark Kiley, The Hampshir listory: Celebrating 300 Years of Hampshire County Massachusetts. Northampton Hampshire County Commissioners, 1964. Worthington Historical Society, Papers on the History of Worthington (Out of the Vault, Into the Hands of the People). Easthampton: Pioneer Valley Printing Company, Local Government Public Documents Town of Worthington Town Reports, 1886-1965. Maps & Atlases (Arranged by Date Published) 1795. Jonathan Brewster, Matthew Warner and Jonathan Woodbridge, Plan of the Town of Worthington, created by Selectmen and Committee of Worthington. Hitchcock Series, Old Hampshire County Town Plans. 1860. H. F. Walling, Atlas of Hampshire County. 1871. 1871. H. F. Walling & O. W.
Gray, Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts from Astronomical, Trigonometrical and Various Local Services. Stedman, Brown and Lyon, publishers. F. W. Beers, County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts. F. W. Beers & Co., publishers, New York, NY. 1922. E. E. Davis, CE, County Roads in Hampshire County. Arthur G. Capen, Map of Worthington, Massachusetts with the Places of Residence of the First Inhabitants of the Town (drawn from a map of Hampshire County published in 1856). Town of Worthington, Massachusetts (map enlarged from U. S. Topographic Map, in Worthington Historical Society Collection). 1968. Lois Ashe Brown, Town of Worthington. OMB Approval No.1024-0018 PS Fom 10900s United States Department of the interior Nationai Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Section number _9 Page -3 1970. Albert J.
Platt, Survey of the County Highway from Williamstown to Westfield as it Passes Through Chester. 2000. Assessor's Maps for the Town of Worthington, Map # 406. ..Plan of Lots in Western Section of North Cemetery. Plan of Lots in Western Section of North Cemetery. Plan of Lots in Western Section of North Cemetery. Other Sources Act of Committee for Disposing of Cemetery Lots (records of the cemetery committee), 1975-1933. "Clan Chronicles, Worthington, 1888" (pictoral book containing a photograph of the grave of Anna Randall, d. 1803). Feakes, Frank. Personal interview, April 29, 2001. Feakes, Marcia. Personal interview, April 29, 2001. List of Soldiers (unpublished list, compiled by the local Boy Scouts, date unknown). North Cemetery Maintenance Book, 1980-1983 (records expenses for upkeep of cemetery and some burials).
Porter, Daniel R., "The Brewsters of Worthington" (unpublished paper, date unknown). Porter, Daniel R., "Family Life in Early Worthington" (unpublished remarks delivered to the Worthington Historical Society, August 26, 2000). Porter, Daniel R., "The John Watts Story in Worthington" (unpublished paper, date unknown). Porter, Daniel R., "The Porters of Worthington and Cummington" (unpublished paper), 1999. Updated 2000. (continued) 1n5 Fomm 10.900 g United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service Vational Register of Historic Places Continuation Shee1 Section number _9/10 Page _4/1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Porter, Edward. Personal interviews, April 20 and April 29, 2001. Scrapbooks of the Town of Worthington, Massachusetts compiled by Arthur G. Capen. Volumes 1-6.
Town of Worthington, Bicentennial, 1768-1968: Souvenir Program and Historical Brochure. Worthington: Worthington Bicentennial Committee, 1968 Worthington Cemetery Notebook (contains maps and gravestone inventories for the Parker Four Corners and Almon Johnson Road Cemeteries. (end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description Town of Worthington Assessor's Map #406, Lot 104 Boundary Justification The nominated property includes the entire 3.5-acre parcel assembled by the Town of Worthington that is historically associated with North Cemetery. (end) PnsFom 10-900 United States Department of the Interior Nationai Park Service lational Register of Historic Place OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 North Cemetery Worthington (Hampshire), MA Section number _photo Page - 1 LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS Photographer: Martha Lyon, Paysage Date: July 2001 #2: The interior of North Cemetery taken from the southern edge along Cold Street, looking northeast across the oldest section. The interior of North Cemetery taken from the northern edge looking southeast across the oldest section. The stone foundation of the town vault, located at the Cemetery's southeast corner and abandoned c. 1950. Photograph taken from the Cemetery interior looking south. The schist marker of Susanna Drake, d. 1799. Photograph taken looking east. NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section Number_ Page_ OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 North Cemetery DATA LOCATIONS ORTH CEMETEF ORTHINGTON, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSET 3.5 ACRES CEMETERY DATA APPROXIMATE SCALE: 1" = 100° NORTH NORTH ROAD -16 20 -17 120 COLD STREET NORTH CEMETERY WORTHINGTON, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS DATA SHEET* Number Historic Name 1 Tomb 2 Perimeter Wall 3 Sugar Maple Allee 4 Circulation System 5 Nathan Branch Elizabeth Branch Type Tomb Landscape Feature Landscape Feature Cart Path Headstone Headstone Dexter Branch 8 Cynthia Dutton Joshua Dutton 10 Jane Dutton Emiline Rice 12 13 14 15 Betsey Ward The Honorable Tracy Miss Lucy Bisbee Nathaniel Lathrop Headstone Headstone Headstone Headstone Headstone Headstone Headstone Material Field Stone Field Stone Plant Turf/Dirt Slate *Data Sheet provides a representative sampling of features at North Cemetery.
Page 1 of 3 Resource Building Structure Objects Structure Object Object Object Object Object Object Object Object Object Object Object Date Unknown, Abandoned Unknown Unknown Unknown 1822 1827 1822 1821 1813 1822 1830 1839 1807 1826 1795 Status C C C C C C C C C C C NORTH CEMETERY WORTHINGTON, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS DATA SHEET 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Historic Name Amila Branch Susannah Drake Anna Randall Celancey Benedict Elizabeth Benedict Buxton Bartlett Horace Cole Cole Plot Fence Lyman Randall Zephaniah Hatch Col. Trowbridge Ward Asa Burton Jonathan Drury Drury Azariah Parsons Stevens Col.
William Rice Headstone Monument Headstone Material Goshen Stone Schist Goshen Stone Goshen Stone Goshen Stone Goshen Stone Resoura Status C C C C C C C C C 1846 c.1890 1863 Page 2 of 3 NORTH CEMETERY WORTHINGTON, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS DATA SHEET Number 34 Historic Name Asa Cottrell Center Cemetery Type Headstone Cemetery Material Marble Resource Object Site Page 3 of 3 Date 1833 1795 Status C UNITED ACTION: STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NOMINATION North Cemetery REQUESTED PROPERTY NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: MASSACHUSETTS, Hampshire 1/20/04 2/26/04 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/11/04 3/04/04 04000121 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N LACCEPT RETURN REJECT - 3/3/04 mArE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Intered in the National Register RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
PHOTO#I NOZTH CEMETERU WUKTHINGTON, HAMPYHIRE COUNTY, NASSACHNSETTS PHODGRAPHIK: NARTHAH.WON -JULy 2001 INTEZHOR OF NORTH CENETHZY FROM THE GOUTHIRN EVUE ANG COW STREET, WOOKING NOKTHERT KOROSS THE OWTELT GECTION. FHOO#Z NORTH CENETHRY WORTHINGTON, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASGALHUSETTS PHOPOCKAAAHER MARTHAH.WON AYRIL 2001 INTERIOR OF NOKTH CEMETERU FROM THE NOKTHEN KTUE LOOKING GOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OWDELT CELTION. MHOTD#3 NORTH CEMETERU WOETHINGTON, HAPGHIRE COUNTY, MAGSACHURETTS EHDTOOKANHER: MAKTHAH. WON; ApKil 2001 STONE FOUNVATION OF TIE TOWN VAULT, LOLANEZ AT THE CEMETERYS SOUTHERES CORNEE AND ABANDONED C.1970. FHOTORAPH TARIN PRON THE LEMETERUC INTERIDR, VOOKING GOUTH in Memory of Sulanna daughte e TMEAbraham & M.OLve Drake vhoplicd THOTO#4 NOETH CEMETEEU) WORTHINGTON, HRNPEHIRE COUNTY, NASSACHUSETTS PHOPOARASHRR: MAIZTHAA. LGON. JUL 2001 DUHKT NARKER OF GNKANNA DEAKE, D.1799.
PHOOCRATH TAKEN LOORING ENT. JAN 20 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts January 16, 2004William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 1201Eye Street, NW 8" floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: North Cemetery, Worthington (Hampshire Co.), MA The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer.
The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity Sincerely, BeteyFriedherg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Beverly Smith, Worthington Historical Commission Christopher Powell, Chair, Select Board Martha Lyon, Preservation Consultant J.P. Welch, Worthington Cemetery Commission Jack Millman, Planning Director 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc
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