| Dorchester North Burying Ground | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3167°N -71.0644°W |
| Built: | 1633 |
| Added: | April 18, 1974 |
| Refnum: | 74000915 |
The Dorchester North Burying Ground (or "First Burying Ground in Dorchester") is a historic graveyard at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The burial ground was established in 1634, as the front sign reads[1] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1981.[2] The burying Ground is surrounded by a wall of concrete, with cut-out sections containing iron fencing along Columbia Road, which replaced a 19th-century decorative iron and granite fence. The original gates still provide entrance and are signified by large commemorative bronze tablets placed by the city in 1883.[3] The site contains over 1200 markers, many of early Dorchester settlers.[4]
