Fairview Cemetery (Dalton, Massachusetts)

Fairview Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Dalton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°28′37″N 73°10′21″W / 42.47694°N 73.17250°WCoordinates: 42°28′37″N 73°10′21″W / 42.47694°N 73.17250°W
Built	1885
Architect	Dwyer, D.W. (gateposts); Anchor Iron Works
NRHP Reference #	00000483 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 2000

The Fairview Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Curtis Avenue in Dalton, Massachusetts. Established in 1885, the cemetery became the resting ground for many of Dalton's heavily Irish Catholic working class, and features more densely spaced burials than the more elaborate Main Street Cemetery. Although the cemetery is 6.3 acres (2.5 ha) in size, it has the same number of plots as the larger (10-acre) Main Street Cemetery. The street side of the cemetery, facing Curtis Street, is lined with wrought iron fencing, and features a main gate with granite gateposts. The remaining sides of the cemetery are closed off from the surrounding neighborhood by chain link fencing. The grounds of the cemetery were designed in the fashionable rural cemetery style, with winding paths and mature plantings, although the density of plots is somewhat higher than typical. Most of the grave markers are modest in scope and scale. The cemetery continues in active use.^[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1]

See also

• Main Street Cemetery
• East Main Street Cemetery
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "NRHP nomination for Fairview Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-02.