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*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2057346?locg=63 Blake Memorial Chapel, Harmony Grove Cemetary, Salem, Massachusetts : Dedication of memorial windows and lectern] Salem, 1925. | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2057346?locg=63 Blake Memorial Chapel, Harmony Grove Cemetary, Salem, Massachusetts : Dedication of memorial windows and lectern] Salem, 1925. | ||
*[http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x2117343097/Letter-Paradise-on-Grove-Street?zc_p=0 Paradise on Grove Street] (letters to the editor) ''Salem News'', Apr. 22, 2014 | |||
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Revision as of 11:06, 23 April 2014
- Established in 1840 as a private, non-profit cemetery by four established Salem families. The original cemetery spanned 15 acres off Grove St. Over the years it has expanded and now covers 98 acres of land, 90% of the area is in Salem and 10% in Peabody.
- Blake Memorial Chapel is on the grounds and was dedicated in 1925.
- Some of the famous people buried there are: Frank W. Benson, Rev. William Bentley, George Peabody, Charles Lennox Remond, Leverett Saltonstall, Nathaniel Silsbee and Frederick Townsend Ward.
- Harmony Grove is the site of the only crematorium on the North Shore.
See Also
- Harmony Grove Cemetery List of names
- "A walk through Salem's historic Harmony Grove" Salem News, Aug. 27, 2007 p. A11
- Blake Memorial Chapel, Harmony Grove Cemetary, Salem, Massachusetts : Dedication of memorial windows and lectern Salem, 1925.
- Paradise on Grove Street (letters to the editor) Salem News, Apr. 22, 2014
