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Pages in category "Burials at St. Joseph Cemetery (West Roxbury, Massachusetts)" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1888 the directors of the Holyhood Cemetery Association purchased land in West Roxbury to develop St. Joseph Cemetery. At about 200 acres (81 ha), St. Joseph is one of the largest cemeteries in New England. In 1950, the Directors of Holyhood 1950 opened a new section on VFW Parkway called St. James the Apostle.
The community seceded from Roxbury during the formation of West Roxbury in 1851 and became part of Boston when West Roxbury was annexed in 1874. [1] In the 19th century, Jamaica Plain became one of the first streetcar suburbs in America and home to a significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace of parks, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted .
Gormley, Whitchurch-Stouffville 1999– Non-Denominational Land acquired 1993, opened 1999 [2] Pardes Chaim Cemetery: Vaughan 2010– Jewish Maintained by Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks [3] Toronto Muslim Cemetery Oak Ridges, Richmond Hill 2012– 1500+ as of 2021. Active cemetery Muslim: Managed by Toronto Muslim Cemetery Chinese Memorial Garden
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the village of Chestnut Hill and the town of Brookline to the north, the city of Newton to the northwest, the towns of Dedham and Needham to the southwest, and Hyde Park to the southeast.
According to The Boston Globe, "the Baker Street cemeteries are home to some of the city's most striking, albeit endangered, examples of historic religious architecture.. Dotting the road are 10 chapel buildings about the size of one-room schoolhouses, perfectly rendered synagogues in miniature, with glorious stained glass, vaulted ceilings, ornate chandeliers, oak pulpits, and other vestiges ...
St. Joseph Catholic Church was a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, serving the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.The parish was established in 1845, and a church was built in the same year.
Holy Name Church in West Roxbury is a Roman Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Boston.. Among the largest and most distinguished buildings in the western section of Boston, the imposing Romanesque Revival church dominates the rotary where it is located and provides an interesting contrast to the Gothic St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church, a mile down Centre Street.