Hope Cemetery

by Linda N. Hixon, Zachary T. Washburn, Linda N Hixon

Book Overview

During the garden cemetery movement that swept the United States in the mid-19th century, the City of Worcester realized the need for a larger place to lay its dead. Worcester, which had become a city several years earlier, enjoyed a booming population caused by an influx of immigrants looking for work in its vast industrial sector. The city fathers took on the task of finding suitable grounds, and Hope Cemetery was founded in 1854 in a rural area...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467128570
• ISBN13: 9781467128575
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"