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 X 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: # Town of Northfield _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #. NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page_1 Northfield (Franklin), MA 8. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE In continuous use since 1686, Center Cemetery was Northfield's first burying ground. The earliest of six extant cemeteries in Northfield, it holds associations with the history and development of the town and is the final resting place for many of its citizens. The cemetery includes many notable features, including its two vaults and a number of well-articulated examples of the carver's art displaying a variety of memorial motifs. A fine collection of stones carved by Northfield native Ebenezer Janes are among the cemetery's most significant resources .
The cemetery retains integrity of location, setting, materials, design, workmanship, feeling, and association. It is eligible for the National Register under Criterion A and C at the local level, and fulfills Criteria Consideration D for cemeteries with distinctive design features. History and Notable Burials The town of Northfield is the northernmost Massachusetts municipality in the Connecticut River Valley. The river bisects and extends the length of the town. Initial settlement occurred in 1671, but was short- lived due to King Philip's War. Colonists attempted settlement a second time in 1685, when the land for the present cemetery was set aside. According to legend, the site was selected because the bones of Sgt. Samuel Wright, a local military leader who had been killed in 1675 during King Philip's War, were discovered there and interred on the spot.
This second settlement was abandoned in 1689 due to King William's War. Permanent settlement dates from 1714 when the town was incorporated. Among the settlers were Sarah Mattoon and Zechariah Field. Field rescued Mattoon, who had been captured by Native Americans. The two were soon married, and Field, who became a prominent resident of Northfield, is buried in Center Cemetery (photo 5). Both families are well represented in the cemetery, which contains the graves of 80 Mattoons and 150 Fields. Many descendants and relatives of Samuel Wright are also buried in Center Cemetery, which contains 52 known Wright graves, ten dating to the 18" century. Settlement of Northfield proceeded slowly. By 1718, the colonial population stood at between 26 and 30 families. It was not until the second half of the 18" century that the town showed signs of substantial growth.
By 1765, Northfield had 60 dwelling houses and a population of 415. By 1776, the population stood at 580. The first minister of the town was Rev. Benjamin Doolittle (1695-1748), who arrived in 1718, and served until his death, not only as a tireless pastor but also as a physician. He is buried in Center Cemetery, but his original stone was moved to the First Parish Church for preservation. A replica made in 1995 to commemorate the 300"h anniversary of his birth stands on Doolittle's grave in Center Cemetery (photo 18). Rev. John Hubbard, who served until his death in 1794, followed Doolittle as minister. The author of a history of Northfield, he rests in Center Cemetery next to his wife Anna (photo7). (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page_2 Northfield (Franklin), MA A significant 19" century Northfield family that is well represented in Center Cemetery is the Moody family for whom the south portion of the cemetery is named. The land was part of the cemetery from the beginning, but became the Moody family plot. The best-known member of the family is Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899). Born in Northfield, Moody became an evangelical lay preacher who traveled the country and abroad. He resettled in Northfield in 1875, opening Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies and Mount Hermon School for Boys (now combined as Northfield Mount Hermon School, a respected college preparatory boarding school).
Moody was one of nine children born to Edwin Moody and Betsey Holton. When Dwight was four, his mother was widowed and left impoverished. It is thought that Dwight Moody purchased his family plots at the time of his mother's death in 1896, placing markers to both of his parents in the center of the space. While many Moodys are buried throughout Center Cemetery, Dwight himself is buried on the Northfield Mount Hermon campus. The Center Cemetery is also the final resting place for the Stearns family of architect-builders, to whom the town of Northfield owes much of its appearance. The family patriarchs were the brothers, Calvin and Samuel, who were carpenters in the early 1800s. A fine example of a house built by Calvin Stearns is the General John Nevers House at 94 Main Street (1810), now a bed and breakfast.
Calvin's sons, George, Charles, Albert, and Edward built many of Northfield's Greek-Revival style houses. Good examples of their work include the Lane House at 33 Main Street (1845), the Wright House at 5 Main Street (1847), and the Callender House at 4 Main Street (1846). All of these houses are included in the Main Street National Register District (1982). Municipal reports indicate that the town has long maintained the cemetery. The first record of fencing for the cemetery dates to 1769, and was called a "Virginia Fence." In 1884 a "post and board fence" was installed. Town records show a vote to clean up the cemetery in 1769 and again in 1884. The railroad arrived in Northfield in 1840, with its tracks laid directly east of the cemetery. For approximately 100 years there was a railroad station along the tracks near the cemetery.
The station was moved to Bernardston to serve as a store in the 1940s, but the trains still whistle as they pass the Parker Avenue crossing. In 1900, a survey mapped and numbered over 500 cemetery lots that have recently been correlated with the exiting stones - a challenge because of the addition of modern monuments amidst the old family plots. The Stones and the Carvers While the land for the cemetery was set aside in the 17" century, the earliest legible stone is that of Miriam Wright who died in 1726 at the age of thirteen (photo 8). It is unlikely, however that the stone was carved at the time of her death or that it marks the earliest burial in the cemetery. Obvious gaps between the early markers in the central section of the cemetery suggest unmarked burials or graves that once had wooden markers.
In the northern outposts of the Connecticut Valley, those who died before 1770, with notable exceptions discussed below, rarely had stone markers. The cemetery contains 41 (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page 3 Northfield (Franklin), MA stones with death dates earlier than1770, but it is likely thatmany ofthese were carved and placed later. Miriam Wright's sandstone marker dated 1726 is surely backdated, since the "winged face" or "soul effigy" depicted on it did not replace the earlier "death heads" or "winged skulls" until after 1740.
It is probable that Miriam Wright's stone was carved in the Phelps shop in Northampton since the gravestone of her father, Eliezer Wright, who died in 1753, is known to have been carved there. The Phelps shop, which operated from the 1740s to the 1780s, was one of the most popular in Western Massachusetts. The patriarch, Nathaniel Phelps (1721-1789), along with his sons and apprentices, were responsible for more than a dozen grave markers, mostly sandstone, in Northfield Center Cemetery. One of their most unusual creations can be seen in the baroque carving displayed on the headstone of Joshua Lyman (photo 9). A soldier in the French and Indian War as well as a town officer, Lyman died in 1777. The early sandstones from the Phelps shop are among Center Cemetery's most significant historic resources.
They reflect the fact that those who settled Northfield were prominent Connecticut River Valley families with good connections to the south and east, allowing them to procure stones from some distance away. A likely candidate for the earliest extant stone actually carved at the time of death is that of Stephen Belding (photo 10), who died in 1736. His rather crudely lettered stone, described in section 7, is an example of the work of Joseph Nash of Hadley, MA. Nash (1664-1740) is known for his lettered but otherwise undecorated schist markers of the 1720s and 1730s, of which there are examples in nearly all early burying grounds of the Connecticut River towns. The next grouping of stones in Northfield Center Cemetery date to the mid-18" century, and are best represented by the stone of Zechariah Field (photo 5), who died in 1746.
This handsome stone is made of schist, a material that was common east of Northfield. The winged-face design reflects the carving styles seen nearer Boston, in Essex County and the Merrimac Valley. By the 1760s, nearly all the markers in the cemetery were carved in slate that was locally quarried, and regional carvers can be identified. One of these was Ebenezer Soule (1711-1792), who moved west from Plympton to the Massachusetts town of Barre in 1766. Soule and his sons became itinerant carvers who worked throughout the Connecticut River Valley. A great many of the stones attributed to them are back- dated. One example is the stone for Rev. Doolittle, who died in 1748 (see section 7).
Having the Soules on hand provided an opportunity to create permanent markers for a number of significant individuals whose graves had been inadequately memorialized A local carver and native of Northfield is Ebenezer Janes (1736-1808), one of the most significant carvers represented in the cemetery. A direct descendant of Elder William Janes, one of Northfield 1670s settlers, Ebenezer took up gravestone carving in midlife. Northfield Center Cemetery is known for its fine collection of gravestones carved by Deacon Ebenezer Janes over a span of some forty years. His own gravestone of 1808 (carver not yet identified) is a stark, lettered, rectilinear stone that stands next to the stone he carved for his wife, Sarah, who died in childbirth in 1766 (photo 11). Her stone, one of the first (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page_ 4 Northfield (Franklin), MA Janes is known to have carved, displays a winged angel head is similar to those carved by Noah Cushman (1745-1818). A Plympton carver, Cushman sold stones pre-carved with winged angel heads, but otherwise blank, to Ebenezer Soule with whom Janes may have trained. Through this indirect channel, Cushman may have inspired Janes's early work. Over the years, Janes developed his own style, which can be seen in the 1789 stone of Elisabeth Stratton (photo 12) and in the stylized portraits he carved between 1790 and his death in 1808. Another carver who worked mainly in slate is Samuel Chapin (1792-1851), who lived in neighboring Bernardston, where the slate was quarried from West Mountain.
Some of Northfield Center Cemetery's earliest examples of the urn and willow design, which appeared ca. 1800, are carved by Chapin, as are the flower motifs he favored for children's stones (photo 14). Center Cemetery also includes a few rare examples of Chapin's work in marble, which can be seen in the headstones (photo 15) for Hezekiah Stratton (d. 1825) and his wife Hannah (d. 1846). Hezekiah was a third generation descendant of one of Northfield's 1715 settlers, and Hannah was a fifth generation descendant of Samuel Wright, whose bones determined the location of the cemetery. Marble gravestones appeared at the end of the 18" century, when marble began to be quarried in many Vermont towns to the north. Among the marble markers in Northfield Center Cemetery are those by Solomon Ashley (1754-1823), the son of a Deerfield minister. Good examples of his work are the stones of Rev.
John Hubbard and his wife Anna (photo 7). Standing side-by-side depicting stylized portraits of the deceased, the stones date to 1794 and 1795 respectively. The cemetery today While the burial ground is active, there are only one or two burials a year. This is because the cemetery serves the descendants of those who purchased plots years ago. There are no lots available for sale. One of the more recent burials (2002) is that of Seth Field, a descendant of the earlier Seth Field, who was buried here in 1792. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of ancient Native American settlement in Northfield are poorly understood, any surviving sites could be significant. Ancient sites in this area may contribute important information that documents Native American subsistence and settlement adaptations to a riverine environment, a unique opportunity within the state of Massachusetts.
The Connecticut Valley temperate forest riverine environment differs from more eastern parts of the state that contain extensive coastal and lake resources. Ancient sites in this area offer an opportunity to study Native American adaptations in a riverine area not influenced by the presence of these resources. The analysis of human adaptation to a riverine environment may contribute important information on a variety of topics. The close proximity of the cemetery to the Connecticut (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page_ 5 Northfield (Franklin), MA River may indicate the potential for recovering information related to Native fishery activities.
Important runs of anadromous fish resources enabled the exploitation of significant densities of fishery resources during different seasons of the year. This analysis may contribute important information relating to the seasonal aspects of Native settlement and subsistence patterns used in the area. Ancient artifacts recovered in the cemetery may contribute important information in the study of ceramic and/or lithic technology and style, ancient patterns of local/regional exchange, and even levels of social organization during ditterent periods of Native American history. The location of ancient sites in the cemetery locale and within the larger Connecticut River Valley riverine system may have enabled Native Americans in the area to participate within a regionally important north/south communication and exchange corridor during the ancient period.
These networks may have facilitated the exchange of goods, people, and ideas indicated in cultural material such as ceramics, lithics, and features. Historic archaeological resources described above may contribute important information relating to the evolution of the cemetery, mortuary art, and aspects of the social history and historical development of the town. Additional documentary research combined with archaeological survey and testing may contribute important evidence of changes related to individual and family burial patterns and changes to the overall boundaries of the cemetery. The identification of unmarked graves may alter known distributions or patterns of burials and the overall boundaries of the cemetery.
Archaeological evidence of post holes, walls, gates and other boundary related objects may also refine or change commonly accepted boundaries for the cemetery and its subdivisions. The first record of fencing for the cemetery dates to 1769 indicating the lack of formal boundaries for nearly 100 years before that date. Historic and archaeological evidence may identify changes in cemetery boundaries and burial patterns as they evolved from the 17" through 20th centuries. Unmarked graves may also identify the earliest date for burials in the cemetery. Archaeological research may help test the historical fact in local legends that say the cemetery was founded in 1685 on the basis of the discovery of the bones of Sgt. Samuel Wright, a local military leader killed at this location during King Philips War in 1675. Wright's bones were reportedly interred on the site where they were found.
Wright's bones and local legend may also indicate the potential for locating other evidence of Colonial and Native American hostilities at this location. Prior to 1770, early graves were reported to lack markers, or bore only an ephemeral wooden post. As a result of oral tradition and a comparison of death dates with the stylistic attributes of stones, most early graves are reported to have backdated stones. It is unknown which stone was the earliest stone placed with a burial at the time of death or, which burial for certain is the earliest in the cemetery. Backdated stones might not be placed with the burials they represent or exactly at the head of the burial. After Sgt. Wright, the 1726 grave of Miriam Wright is the earliest death date in the cemetery. It is conjectured that the 1736 grave of Stephen Belding may contain the earliest actual contemporary stone.
Archaeological research may be the only reliable source of evidence to date the earliest graves in the cemetery and determine the spatial relationship between actual burial shafts and stone placement. Since colonists were in Northfield prior to 1675, earlier burials dating to that period should not be discounted. (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 8 Page_ 6 Northfield (Franklin), MA Existing gravestones and grave markers recovered from archaeological contexts may contribute important information related to the evolution of mortuary art and stone carvers from the 17" through 20" century periods.
Gravestones in the cemetery are known to be the works of several important stone masons, especially from the earlier 18" century period. Motifs and text passages carved in stones can be an important source of religious and cultural information for various socio-economic and ethnic groups who lived in the town. Osteological studies of known and unmarked graves may contribute important information relating to the overall health and pathologies that affected the population in Northfield in over three centuries of settlement. Osteological studies may offer the most detailed insight into differences in health, stature, and sickness based on socio-economic status and ethnicity, and how these characteristics changed through time. (end) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number 9 Page 1 Northfield (Franklin), MA 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY Benes, Peter. The Masks of Orthodoxy: Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805. Amherst: University of MA.1977. Chase, Theodore and Laurel K. Gabel. Gravestone Chronicles: Some Eighteenth-Century New England Carvers and Their Work. Gravestone Chronicles II. Boston. 1990. Drinkwater, Bob. "Center Cemetery, Northfield, Massachusetts." (workshop flyer) May 2001. Fitt, Arthur Percy. All About Northfield: A Brief History and Guide. Northfield, MA. 1910. Forbes, Harriet Merrifield. Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them: 1653- 1800. New York. 1967. Ludwig, Allan I.
Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols: 1650-1815. Middletown, CT. 1966. Mabie, Janet. The Years Beyond the Story of Northfield: D.L. Moody and the Schools. Northfield, MA. 1960. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. "Preservation Guidelines for Municipally Owned Historic Burial Grounds and Cemeteries." Boston. 2000. Northfield Historical Commission and Northfield Historical Society. "A Walking Tour of Northfield, Massachusetts." 1983. Northfield, Town of. Deeds, original documents. Northfield, Town of. Center Cemetery Survey Map. 1900. Northfield Reconnaissance Survey Report. Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1982. Parsons, Herbert Collins. A Puritan Outpost: A History of the Town and People of Northfield. Massachusetts. New York: Macmillan Co. 1937. Slater, James A.
"The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and the Men who Made Them." In: Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 21. Hamden, CT: Archon Books. July 1987. (continued) Northfield Center Cemetery Name of Property _Franklin, MA County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property - 7.64 UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1. 18 Zone 707980 Easting 4729840 Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing 3. Zone 4. Zone Easting Easting - See continuation sheet Northing 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 name/title_Jean Kozlowski and Marie Booth Ferre with Betsy Friedberg, MHCNR Director organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission _ date September 2004 street & number_220 Morrissey Boulevard _ telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town_Boston stateMA _ zip code_02125-3314 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps 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 at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Iown of Northfield street & number 69 Main Street _ telephone 413-498-2901 city or town Northfield _state MA zip code 01360 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. NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number_9/10 Page 2/1 Northfield (Franklin), MA Sweeney, Kevin M.
"Where the Bay Meets the River: Gravestones and Stone Cutters in the River Towns of Western Massachusetts: 1690-1810. Markers III: The Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. 1985 Sweeney, Kevin. "Tour of Old Albany Road Burial Ground, Deerfield." June 22, 1989. (Audiocassette at Flynt Memorial Library, Deerfield). Temple, J. H. History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Brookfield. 1887. Temple, J.H. and George Sheldon. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts for 150 Years. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell. 1875. (end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property is the entire 7.64 parcel owned by the Town of Northfield and known as the Center Cemetery. It is located at the west end of Parker Street and is shown as parcels 2 and 4 on map no.
24 block C on the Northfield Assessors Map dated January 1, 2000, which is included with this nomination. (Note: parcels 1 and 3, which abut the cemetery on the west as shown on the assessor's map, are not part of the cemetery and they do not belong to the town of Northfield. The parcels are on the slope of a bluff that descends to the Meadow Road.) Boundary Justification The nominated property is the entire parcel of land historically associated with Northfield's Center Cemetery. (end) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Northfield Center Cemetery Section number photo Page 1 Northfield (Franklin), MA PHOTOGRAPHS Center Cemetery Date: 2001 to 2004 Photos 1-4 and 13 taken by Jean Kozlowski (negatives at Northfield Town Hall); photos 5-12 and 14-18 taken by Marie Ferre (negatives and digital images in possession of Ferre) 1. Cemetery entrance 2. Row of Mattoon tablets in foreground; Allen Monument on the right 3. Belding Monument as viewed from cemetery entrance 4. Center Section of cemetery, looking northeast 5. Zechariah Field Stone 6. Azariah &Elizabeth Wright double headstone 7. John & Anna Hubbard headstones 8. Miriam Wright headstone 9. Joshua Lyman headstone 10. Stephen Belding headstone 11. Ebenezer & Sarah Janes headstones 12. Elisabeth Stratton headstone 13.
Southern half of the center section, looking southwest 14. Center part of east section, looking east. Lyman family slates in foreground 15. Center section, looking east. Hezekiah and Hannah Stratton stones in foreground 16. Betsey and Edwin Moody double stone in Moody Cemetery 17. Replica of Rev. Benjamin Doolittle headstone 18.
Rubbing of Doolittle's original headstone Northfield Center Cemetery, Northfield (Franklin Co.) MA District Data Sheet Plan B Historic Name Center Cemetery Circulation System Fence posts Vault (north) Vault (south) Status C 11 18 8 10 6 7 8 8 17 17 14 5 12 13 13 Type Cemetery Roadway Material N/A Resource Si St St Vault Vault Granite Rock, iron Rock, iorn Date 1686 c.1767 c.1884 1838 1838 Allen Family Monument Belding Family Monument c.1860 c.1862 Belding, Stephen Headstone Dickinson, William Headstone Doolittle, Benjamin Headstone Field, Seth Headstone Field, Seth Hedstone Field, Zechariah Headstone Hubbard, Anna Headstone Hubbard, John Headstone Hunt, Samuel Tablestone /Slate Janes, Ebenezer Headstone Janes, Sarah Headstone Lyman, Cynthia Headstone Lyman, Cynthia (dau) Headstone Lyman, Eunice Headstone Lyman, Joshua Headstone Sandstone Minot Family Obelisk Granite 94 Moody, Betsey& Edwin Headstone Granite Nevers, John Headstone Marble 1896 1847 Pomeroy, Mehitable Headstone Slate Purple Family Monument Marble Stebbins, Isabel Monument Granite Stratton, Charles Monument Marble Stratton, Eleazar Headstone Slate 1789 Stratton, Elisabeth Headstone Slate 0 1789 Stratton, Hannah Headstone Marble 1846 Stratton, Hezekiah Headstone Marble 1825 Strearns, Calvin Monument ???
c.1857 Wright, Azariah and Elizal Headstone Slate 1772 Wright, Eliezer Headstone Sandstone 1753 Wright, Miriam HeadstoneSandstone c.1750s Wright, Phineas Headstone Slate 1795 Objects are representative of cemetery population C Pldee 3 10 17 5 7 7 11 11 14 14 9 16 12 13 15 6 16 16 25 - 22 nc Peda 11 Ac 25 28 , Acc CRIGNAL PROPERTY MAPS WERE PREPAREO USNG PHOTOCRAUMETRI ueninne rucea COMPLETION DATE: 5/4/1973 ACOIL DUnTOCRAPHY DATf: 4/20/1972 THE WADS ARF RFMSSD AND REPRINTED BYl NES MAP IS FORARESSMESORPOOORCONVEYANCE. 29 DIGITIZED IN 1999 BY CARTOGRAPHIC Assoc. INC.- PRROFESSONAOSCONSATANTS 2 13003 203 1001.Te 30 LEGEND 16 125 % N -#- SCALE - 200 VE TERI REVISED To : January 1, 2000 23A 23A AVENU COURT 31A SEE MAP 24A 1 Ac 31A 30 PROPERTY MAPS MAP NO NORTHFIELBECEINE4 MASSACHUSETTS FEB 15 2003 MASS.
HIST: COMM Preetous A - asenors " Mpody Cemetery" Nortkfield denter Cemetery 1900 Survey L03 South 28°West 6i2 feet o Inches Rail Road (original, 18"x 48" in Northfield Town Hall) Attachment 2 1900 Plot Survey Meadows "Moody cemetery" 136 stones tine Narthfreld Canter Cenutery tast Pest. Lente Attachment #2 Cemetery plor Rail Road e Nathaniel Fuller 1687-1750 Plympton Nathan Hayward Bridqewater Ebenezer Soule 1711- 1792 Plympton/Barrel Hinsdale NH Coomer (1747-77) and Beza Soule (1750-1835) Plympton/Barre/etc. John Locke 1e0-e1237 to VT Solomon Ashley 754-182. )eerf,ela Samuel W. Chapin 792-185 3ernardstor Attacment F EsSeX Co. car vers: Wm.Mumford (1641-1718), Lamsons, Stancliffs, Jahn Hartshorn (1650-C.1738.
James loster (1618- 1763 / Thomas JohnsonI 1690 176( Middletawn Joseph Johnson 1698-1770 Middletowon George Griswold 1633-1704 Windsor CT Joseph Nash 1664-1740 Hadley Noah Cushman 1745 - 1818 Plympton Gideon Hale 1712 -1776 Middletown/Northampton Thomas Johuson 1718 -1774 Ebenezer Janes 1736 - 1808 Northfield Nathaniel Phelps 1721- 1789 Northampton 17.70'3 1780'3 1790 's Images usea bi Ebenezer Janes Al pheus Lanaley 1785 -1857 Hatfield after 1800 William Park 1705-1787 fr. Scotland to Groton "'Pelham Carver" f$. 178 o's+ao's Pelham hote: lines denote possible, probable, on known connections Images of Phelps Shor 1740's - 1770S Wm.
Holland fl.1748 Lonameado u Joseph Williston 1732- 1768 Sprinqfield Aaron Bliss 1730- 1810 Wilbraham Ezra Stebbins 1760 -1819 Lonqmeadowo (konqmeaton shop) 1760's +70s Dri" 10a e Kevin Susei Sourees: Peter Benes Bob Drinkwater Kevin Sweeney UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Northfield Center Cemetery NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Franklin DATE RECEIVED: 10/01/04 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 11/13/04 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 04001220 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 10/29/04 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 11/14/04 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 11:13.04 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered in the Natdonal Befister 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.
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61080 004 # 13 Northfield Center Cemetery View looking sw Shows southern half of center section Photo by Jean Kozlowoski Cyntbid, dan of Aun G.6 dicd 2 1830, 7 #14 Northfield Center Cemetery View looking east - acenter part of castsection Shows line of hyman family slates all carved by Samuel chapin from 1812to1841 Photo by Marie Ferré FEZERIHE STRITTON Nitck HANNAH. rifa of Hezekiah Stratfon died Ien.u, 1546 FE. S1. #15 Northfield CenterCemetery Looking east from Stratton lot (*418) Through center section Stratton marbles probably from Samvel Chapin sher Hezckiah is 3rd genenation from settlenof 1715 Haunah is sth generation from Samuel Wright whose bones determined location of cemetery in 1686 Photo by Maric Ferré ELeLON U800--l0 Lecre D # 16 Northfield Center cemetery Parents of Dwight h.
Moody in "Moody Cemetery" section Plato by Marie Ferré /Memento vepy In memory of Rev. M' Benjamin Doolittle First Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northfield Who Died JanY ý glh (748 in the 54.th Yoar of his Age & 30th Year of his Ministry. Blesssed with good intellectual parts Well skilled in two important arts Nobly he filled the double station Both of a proacher & physician Tò cure men's sicknesses & sins He took unwearied care & pains And strove to make his patient whok Ihroughout in body & soul He lov'd his God lov'd to do good To all his /riends vast Kindness showil Nor could his enemies cxclaim And say he was not kind to them Llis labors met a sudden close Now he enjoys a sweet repose And when the just to lite shall rise Among the liest hell mount the skies. JANES NONTHFIEZD CTn. CEMETENy Replacement strue Rév.
BENJAMIN DOOLITTLE, 1995 MARIE FERnE photo $17 Memento In Memory of the Revd M' Bensamin Doolttle Fixft Pastor of the Church of Christ in DeTAlL 8 rubbing of Beej. Doolittle's origiial strue (1748); at Fuist Parish Chunch. Possibly by either Beza or Coomer Soulte, ca. 1767 photo #18 RECEIVED 2280 LIE HBERYANO CUL The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission OCT - | 2004 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE September 28, 2004 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8* floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms.
Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Northfield Center Cemetery, Northfield (Franklin), 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 to comment. Sincerely, Betay Friedlerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Marie B. Ferre, Northfield Historical Commission Chad Glover, Board of Selectmen David Balk, Planning Board Jean Kozlowski 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc
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