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Welcome to the Pine Grove Cemetery

The Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts municipally owned cemetery.  Established in the mid 1800’s, it boasts a variety of historically significant features and landmarks.  The cemetery consists of approximately 250 acres of which 82 developed and houses between 88,000 and 90,000 interments. The Pine Grove Cemetery Office is opened for Lot Sales, by appointment only.



List Contact Information
Our Address
Pine Grove Cemetery
c/o Department of Public Works
250 Commercial Street
Lynn, MA 01905
Contact Franchesca Rabanales
Our Phone

(781) 268-8000 - Extension 8013

Pine Grove Cemetery Tours 2022



Open House: Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 11 Am until 1 PM

The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission invites you to an open house of the Rhodes Memorial Chapel on Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 11:00am-1:00pm. Rain or Shine
The Rhodes Memorial Chapel, built in 1891, is among the landmarks of Pine Grove Cemetery and an innovative design of the late 19th century Richardson Romanesque style in Lynn.  The donation by Mrs. Amos Rhodes, as a gift in memory of her husband was generously granted to the City of Lynn. 

Over the years, it has been refurbished and the stained glass windows are valued at over $10,000.  Pine Grove’s name comes from the wealth of pine trees that frame the Rhodes Chapel and the entrance drive off Boston Street.

The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission is raising funds to once again restore the Rhodes Chapel to its original condition to hold funeral, wedding and social events.  If you would like to donate to the restoration fund please find the link below:


City Hall Systems - eBilling ePayment    

Historical Tours of Lynn’s Pine Grove Cemetery are Back as Part of Trails & Sails
New Tour in Spanish added this Year
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Contact: Julia Greene JuliaGreene150@gmail.com or Michel Chamsarian mchamsarian@lynnma.gov for more information.

There will be three historical tours of Lynn’s Pine Grove Cemetery this year after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The tours are sponsored by the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission and are part of Essex Heritage’s Trails and Sails, and led by Julia Greene and Patti Knight. Julia Greene led the successful effort to get
Pine Grove Cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic District in 2014.

The committee was made up of members of the Historical Commission, Pine Grove Cemetery Commission and students from North Shore Community College. Patti Knight was one of those students and has since earned a Master of Arts in History from Salem State University.

Designed by Henry A.S. Dearborn the cemetery has inventoried as part of the Historic District 32 historic resources including the Rhodes Memorial Chapel.

The Pine Grove History Tour Part 1 on Sunday September 18th covers the oldest part of the cemetery and begins at the Boston Street Entrance and is led by Julia Greene.

The Pine Grove History Tour Part 2 on Sunday September 25th begins at the
Parkland Ave Entrance and is led by Patti Knight.

This year a new tour in Spanish is being added and will take place on Saturday September 24th. This tour will be led by Julia Greene and Michel Chamsarian. Michel worked for several years with the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission at DPW and has an expansive knowledge of the cemetery and a passion for its preservation. This tour will combine aspects of the other two tours.

Another addition to this year’s tour is new research on the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and how it impacted the City of Lynn at that time and how it compares and differs to the Covid-19 pandemic now waning.

All tours are from 11 Am until 1 PM. Wear comfortable shoes for walking.

This program is made possible by a collaboration of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, the Lynn Community Association, Julia Greene and Patti Knight.

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Columbarium At Pine Grove Cemetery

The Pine Grove Cemetery now has a Columbarium located on Catalpa Avenue facing the pond area. It has 112 Niche’s and each niche can hold two cremations.

The cost of each Niche is as follows:
$2,250 for Lynn Residents - $4,250 for Non Residents

The cost includes both inurnments as well as all engraving.

For further information contact the Pine Grove Cemetery Office.

Application for purchase of Niche can be downloaded below.

New Item Application for Right of Inurnment within Columbarium - 2021
  POSTED MARCH 2021

Pine Grover Cemetery Rates | Updated July 2021

List Current Services Resident Non-Res.
 

Adult Internment Over 10 Years Years Old

$1,000 $2,000
  Child 1 Years to 10 Years Old $250 $250
  Stillborn Up To 1 Year Old $200 $200
  Interment of Cremated Remains
(Container must be non-biodegradable)
$500 $500
  Entombment Fee $700 $700
  Saturday Interment - Additional Charge
8 AM until 12 PM Only
(Closed contractual holidays)

New Year's, Martin Luther King, President's, Patriot's, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Columbus, Veteran's, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, Half Day Before Christmas
$1,000 $1,000
  Late Arrival Charge - Monday thru Friday
Arrival 2 PM and After
$200 $200
  Public Welfare Burial - Lynn Residents Only
(Includes outside container)
$700 N/A
  Disinterment $2,000 $2,000
  Disinterment of Cremated Remains $500 $500
  Disinterment and Re-interment of a Vault $4,000 $4,000
  Grave Box $700 $700
  Double Depth Lawn Crypt $1,000 $1,000
  Tent Rental (First Come-First Serve Basis) $150 $150
  Recording Fee $250 $250
  Shrub Removal (For 2 Shrubs) $110 $110
  "Imitation" Burial Set Up Charge $300 $300
List Lots Resident Non-Res.
  Cremation Lot for 4 - Flush Memorial $500 $2,000
  Cremation Lot for 6 - Upright Memorial $650 $2,600
  Single Grave - Flush Memorial $900 $3,600
  Single Grave - Upright Memorial $1,000 $4,000
  Two-Grave Lot, Double Depth with Pre-installed Crypt (Mandatory in Starling Section), Upright Memorial $2,800 $8,200
  Multi-Grave-Lots-Upright Memorial (Per Grave) $1,000 $4,000
  Baby Graves (42"Lx24"W) Container must be Comb. Vault such as plastic or fiberglass - Not to exceed grave size $250 $1,000
  Columbarium (2 Cremation Niche) Includes both inurments and engraving $2,250 $4,250
 
List Grave Re-Use Resident Non-Res.
  Re-use Fee $1,000 $1,000
 
List Foundations Resident Non-Res.
  Minimum Charge - Foundations $250  
  Charge for Setting Markers in Private Lots $50  
  Perpetual Care - Veterans Lots Effective 10.17.1983 (WWI Lot excluded) $100 $100
  Charge for Setting Veterans Marker    
  - Veterans Lots Only $25  
  - Private Lots $125  
  No Charge for Foundation in Angel Lot    
  Set Fee With Purchase of a New Lot (Must be paid at time of purchase)
  - Single Graves - Both Flush and Upright $250  
  - 2-Grave Lot d.d., upright $250  
  - 2-Grave Lot, side-by-side $350  
  - 3 Grave Lot, side-by-side $450  
  - 4-5-6 Grave Lot, side-by-side $550  
  - 6-Grave Lot (3 in front, 3 in back) $450  
  - 8-Grave Lot (4 in front, 4 in back) $550  
       
Guaranteed Funds Only - Bank Check, Money Order or Funeral Home Check Only

New Item Pine Grove Cemetery Prices - 2021
  Pre Need Lot Sale Form - 2021
  Monument Dimensions - 2021
  POSTED JULY 2021

Pine Grove Cemetery Gate Hours | Opening and Closing

CEMETERY GROUNDS CLOSE AT DUSK
GATE/LOCATION HOURS OPEN
Main Gate 24 Hours a Day
Parkland Avenue
Springvale Avenue
North Bend Street
Monday Through Friday
9 AM Until 2:30PM
Legal Holidays All Gates Open
Month of May All Gates Open
In the Event of Weather Related Snow Emergencies
All Gates Will Remain Open
For Plowing Operations

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32 Whole Cemetery (Updated 2017)
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31 Mount Dearborn Hill
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30 Rose Path
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29 Main Avenue
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28 Forest Avenue
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27 Lily Path
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26 Linden Avenue
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25 Chapel Avenue
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24 Chestnut Avenue
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23 Maple Avenue
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22 Jasmine Path
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21 Beech Path
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20 Sycamore Avenue
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19 Poplar Avenue
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18 Birch Avenue
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17 WWI Veterans Lot
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16 Ailanthus Avenue
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15 Willow Avenue
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14 Larch Avenue
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13 Willow Avenue
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12 Genista Avenue
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11 Buttonwood Avenue
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10 Hemlock Avenue
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9 Locust Avenue
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8 Beech Avenue
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7 Thorn Avenue
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6 Magnolia Avenue
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5 Birch Avenue
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4 Elm Avenue
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3 Lawn Avenue
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2 Juniper Avenue
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1 Genesta Avenue
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Cemetery Records, Files and Deeds

All Cemetery Records and Files
are located at the Department of Public Works Administrative Offices at 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, where daily cemetery operations are conducted.  Staff is available, full-time, to answer all inquiries, hours of operation are below.

Requests for lot appointments, price scheduling and general information:

List Cemetery Records Office
  Clerk Franchesca Rabanales
  Phone
Fax
Address
(781) 268-8000 Ext: 8013
(781) 477-7074
250 Commercial Street, Lynn, MA 0l905
List Records Office Hours | 250 Commercial Street
 

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

8:30 AM to 4 PM

Tuesday 8:30 AM to 8 PM
Friday 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
List Requesting A Certified Copy Of A Deed
  Please contact the Pine Grove Cemetery Clerk to obtain the owner's lot information. Once you have the lot information please contact Mary Gokas at the City Clerks Office to request a copy of the deed.
Main Office Pine Grove Cemetery
(781) 268-8000 extension 13
Mary Gokas City Clerk Office
(781) 598-4000
Payment Accepted At The City Clerk's Office (Cost Per Copy)
Over The Counter $ 8
By Mail $15
Over The Phone $ 25

Rules and Regulations | Effective October 2015

Office Location: 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, MA
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday - 8:30 AM until 4 PM
Friday - 8:30 AM until 12:30 PM

FUNERALS AND INTERMENTS
1. All orders for funerals and interments must be received by the Cemetery at least twenty-four hours prior to burial and include the proper Pine Grove Cemetery work order form.  Funeral Directors must have all orders for interments signed by the owner of the lot, or some responsible person, and accompanied by the necessary burial permit or cremation certificate.  Once a funeral director, or authorized agent, has placed an order for an interment, he or she is responsible for payment to the cemetery.

2. No burials are allowed on Sundays, and all legal Federal or State Holidays.

3. A concrete liner, burial box, concrete vault or non-corroding cremation container is compulsory with all interments.

4. The cemetery reserves the right to designate the manner in which interments and disinterment’s will or will not be permitted.

5. Interment prices may be obtained at the DPW Office, 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, MA 01905

FOUNDATIONS
1. All monuments, headstones, markers, or the like must have a foundation built by the Cemetery.

2. All orders for foundations must be submitted to the DPW Office, 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, MA 01905.  A check to cover the cost of the foundation must accompany the order and no foundation will be poured until paid for. Inclement weather may affect the schedule for the pouring of foundations. The cost of foundations may be obtained at DPW Office.

3. Charge for setting marker. $50

4. Charge for setting veterans stone in Veterans Lot. $25

PERPETUAL CARE
1. Perpetual Care covers the maintenance of the surface of the lots and graves, mowing the grass, loaming and fertilizing when necessary but does not include care of any kind of monuments, headstones, markers, or the like, or to bushes, shrubs, or plants.

2. Users of lots obtained by inheritance of transfer without adequate Perpetual Care Funds will be asked to pay at the time of interment.

FLUSH MARKERS
1. Flush markers requested by the owner of a six-grave lot or more or by the Cemetery Commission, must be consistent with the size of the lot and not protrude above ground

2. Flush veteran’s markers will be allowed on all private lots.  However, only one (l) flush marker (flat or veterans marker) will be allowed on a single grave.

MONUMENTS
1. Unloading and setting of monuments, headstones, markers, or the like will be allowed on weekdays only 7 AM until 3 PM, no weekends or holidays, or after 3 PM of any day.  No monuments or headstones may be left on a lot awaiting foundations without permission of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee.        

2. All monuments, headstones, markers, or the like MUST have a foundation constructed by the cemetery.

3. All orders for monuments, headstones, markers, or the like MUST be requested on the proper Pine Grove Cemetery work order form and contain the following information.

  • Height
  • Width
  • Length
  • Lot, section, and grave numbers
  • Drawing and design.

The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission or its designee must approve all monument orders.  Orders without the above information will be returned to the Monument Company.

4. The cemetery office must approve all inscription work on monuments.  Inscriptions will not be allowed on weekends, holidays, or after 3 PM of any day.  A $10 check must accompany the inscription permit

5. All upright monuments must have the lot # inscribed on the front right base of the stone.

SIZES OF MONUMENTS
1. May be obtained at the DPW Office, 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, MA 01905

COLUMBARIUM
1. All decorations will be removed weekly
2. No decorations of any kind are allowed to be attached, glued or inserted on Columbarium surface
3. All inscriptions are to be approved and made by Pine Grove Cemetery or its designee
4. No planting is allowed
5. Urn size requirements can be obtained at DPW Office.

GENERAL RULES & REGULATIONS
1. A grave or a lot in a cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Cemetery Commission of the City of Lynn may be purchased by a resident or non-resident. All graves and lots must be paid for at the time of purchase.

2. Indigent burials will be restricted to City of Lynn residents only or have a last official address in Lynn.

3. Orders for any work to be done in the Cemetery must be left at the DPW Office, 250 Commercial St., Lynn, MA 01905 where all information in regard to this work may be obtained.

4. The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission must approve the transfer of ownership of any grave or lot.

5. No lots or graves may be sold by the owner or his heirs to any other person. Said lots or graves, if located in a desirable area and can be used for a future sale, must be returned to the Cemetery and the original purchase price will be returned upon receipt of said graves or lots.

6. The placing of fences, mounds over graves or stone enclosures about the lots or graves is strictly prohibited.

7. The employees will take reasonable care when   maintaining the Cemetery but neither the City of Lynn, the PineGrove Cemetery Commission, the Superintendent, any employee attached to the Cemetery Department or its contractors will be responsible for any damage to plants, shrubs, or monuments.

8. The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee, shall have the authority to remove any trees or shrubs situated upon the lots or graves which by means of their roots, branches or otherwise, become detrimental to the adjacent lots, avenues, or paths, or dangerous or inconvenient to passengers.

9. On or after the lst of March of each year, the Superintendent will remove from the lots and graves all wreaths, baskets, potted plants, blankets, plastic decorations and all other grave decorations  that will interfere with the spring clean-up and maintenance of the cemetery.  The replacing of any of these items on the graves will be prohibited from March lst until April 15th of each year. On or after the 15th day of October of each year, the same procedure will be followed with the removal of all planted beds, baskets, vases, plastic flowers, or any grave decorations that will interfere with the fall clean-up and maintenance of the grounds.  The replacing of any of these items on the graves will be prohibited from October 15th until November 1st of each year.

10. The Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee, shall have the authority to restrict the use of all vehicles including both motorized and non-motorized upon cemetery grounds.

11. Per City of Lynn ordinance, No Dogs Allowed.

12. No person shall use the cemetery or burial grounds as a thoroughfare to get from one part of the City to another. Roads within the cemetery shall be limited to grave access or the conduct of other cemetery related business.

13. Persons visiting the cemetery shall walk or pass upon the grounds in a decent and respectful manner. Any proprietor of a lot may enter upon the same.

14. No person shall gather any flowers, either wild or cultivated, within the cemetery or burial grounds, nor remove, cut, break, or mark any trees or shrubs, nor shall they cut down or destroy any tree within any lot or border, nor shall they cut flowerbeds, plant trees or shrubs, or otherwise disturb the grounds without permission from the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee.

15. No person shall climb on or over, write or mark upon, deface or injure any monument, gravestone, fence, or other structure, in or belonging to the said cemeteries.  Massachusetts General Laws concerning cemetery vandalism impose fines up to $3,000, or imprisonment up to two and one-half years, or both, for willful acts of vandalism within cemeteries.

16. The discharge of any firearms in the aforesaid cemeteries and burial grounds are prohibited, except at military funerals, unless by direction of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee thereof, nor shall any attempt be made to destroy, injure or annoy the birds, squirrels, or other animals found thereon.

17. The use of urns, vigil lights, or vases is permitted but only at the owner’s risk.  No Solar lights allowed.

18. No remains other than that of a human shall be buried in any cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission.

19. The City of Lynn, the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, nor its employees will be responsible for acts of God or vandalism within the cemetery and will not be responsible for containers, flowers, decorations, or the like, placed on graves.

20. All flowerbeds planted by anyone other than cemetery personnel must be flush to the headstone, not to exceed the base of the headstone, and protrude only one (1) foot outward. No ROSE BUSHES or any plant with thorns allowed.  No Flowerbeds in all sections of the cemetery containing FLUSH MARKERS. Flowerbeds are also excluded from all Veteran lots.  One pot or planter is allowed in Flush marker sections and the Veteran lots.

21. No person shall sell, keep or offer or expose for sale, any goods, wares, merchandise, newspapers or magazines or solicit or collect subscriptions or contributions, unless permission thereof is given by the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission, or its designee.

22. No person or persons shall play at baseball, football, tennis, golf, or any other game or sport within the cemetery.

23. No person shall play or use, walk upon or so conduct himself or herself upon any cemetery land in such a manner as to annoy, disturb or otherwise interfere with another person or persons lawfully using the cemetery land, to violate posted rules, nor be or remain upon any part of cemetery land, after having been requested to leave by the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission or member thereof, Police Officers of the City of Lynn, or other employees of the cemetery department.

24. No person shall trespass on any cemetery land, nor interfere with the proper use thereof by persons using the same under permit from the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission. No person shall obstruct, hinder, or impede the movement of work of employees of the cemetery department or vehicles of said department.

25. No person shall drive an automobile within the confines of cemetery land at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour. No person shall drive an automobile on cemetery land that has not been licensed to operate motor vehicles and no dealers or other persons shall demonstrate automobiles or instruct any person in the driving thereof in the cemetery, or other land under the control of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission.

26. No person shall carry on his person, sell, give away, or consume any alcoholic liquor, beer, ale, wine, or other beverage containing or having any alcoholic content while within the confines of all cemetery land under the control of the Pine Grove Cemetery Commission.

27. The Main Gate at Pine Grove Cemetery Closes at Dusk contact DPW Office for other gate hours.

Per Order: Pine Grove Cemetery Commission

Rules and Regulations of Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts
Effective October 2015


New Item Pine Grove Cemetery Rules and Regulations | 2015

Organization

In the City of Lynn, there is a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, who serve without pay and who perform and exercise the powers and duties conferred upon them by the City Charter and the General Laws of the Commonwealth.  The Commissioners shall have the sole care, superintendence and preservation of the Pine Grove Cemetery, the Eastern and Western burial grounds and of the New Light burial ground, so far as the City of Lynn has any right to exercise jurisdiction over the same, and any additional cemeteries and land which may be from time to time, acquired by the city for cemetery purposes.

The Board of Commissioners make all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations governing the sale of lots and the care and development of the cemeteries and burial grounds aforesaid not inconsistent with the terms of any agreements or deeds of trust or other conditions upon which conveyance of real estate have been or may be made to the City of Lynn for cemetery purposes, and not inconsistent with the Laws of the Commonwealth and with the further provisions of this ordinance and of any ordinances or ordinances of the City of Lynn.

The said Board is also authorized to take and hold any grants, donations, and bequests of property upon trust and to apply the same or in the income thereof for the improvement or embellishment of said cemeteries or burial grounds or for the repair, preservation or removal of any monument, or other erection, or for the planting and cultivation of plans on any lot or for any other improvement consistent with the use of said cemetery according to the limits of such grant, donation or bequest.

The Pine Grove Cemetery office is located at 145 Boston Street, Lynn, Massachusetts and is opened for lot sales by appointment only.  All cemetery records and files are located at the Lynn Department of Public Works Administrative Offices at 250 Commercial Street, Lynn, 01905 where daily cemetery operations are conducted.  Staff is available, full-time, to answer all inquiries.  All requests for lot appointments; price scheduling and general information should be directed to (781) 268-8000 extension 13 or feel free to email us using our contact information on the "Welcome" tab above.

Graves of Interest

While the most visited site at Pine Grove is the grave of Harry Aggannis, the “Golden Greek” the legendary Red Sox First basemen and BU quarterback, there are distinguished notables, including:

- John Adams – Civil war Medal of Honor Recipient;
Served in the Civil War as Captain and Commander of Company I of the 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.  Awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

- John Alley – Civil War, US Congressman;

- Benjamin Franklin Falls, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient;
Served in the Civil War as Color Sergeant of Company A, 19th Massachusetts Infantry.  Awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

- Henry Lovering – US Congressman.  Served in the Civil War in the 8th regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.  Served as a State Representative.  Served as City Assesor and Mayor of Lynn in 1881 and 1882.

- Lydia Pinkham, a spirited Quaker lady from Lynn who created an elixir to cure female ills.

- William Poole – Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient; Served as Quartermaster on Board the USS Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg France in 1864.

- Elihu Thomson was one of the most prolific inventors of all time.  He held approximately 700 electrical patents in his name.  Elihu Thomson, founder of the Thomson Houston Electric Company, a genius and scientific pioneer.

- Charles Herbert Woodbury, artist; well respected and teacher known for his sense of the New England coast.  He evoked the power of the sea, winning second prize in a Lynn contest in 1880.

- Francis Moore, One of the revolutionary patriots who undisguised assisted in throwing tea into Boston Harbor.  Unlike most of his comrades who were dressed as Indians, Francis Moore participated in the Tea Party openly and without disguise.  He was a baker in Cambridge and supplied the Patriot’s army while encamped in the vicinity with bread at a great personal sacrifice. Moved to Lynn after the Revolution and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

Pine Grove History

Pine Grove Cemetery is a Lynn, Massachusetts, municipally owned cemetery and has achieved notoriety by being proclaimed as one of the largest cemeteries in the country.  

Established in the mid l800’s as a privately owned cemetery, it was then sold to the City of Lynn in l850.  It boasts a variety of historically significant features and landmarks and it has been said that the burial ground, rich in history, is home to prominent artists, inventors, political leaders and even paupers.

The cemetery consists of approximately 250 acres of which 82 developed and houses between 88,000 and 90,000 interments. The cemetery has been recorded in Ripley’s Believe It or Not as the “second longest contiguous stone wall in the world”, second only to the Great Wall of China.  The wall is built of fieldstone and was built by the WPA in the 1930’s.

Amongst the cemetery properties are architecturally distinct structures including the chapel, tomb and main office.  Pine Grove Cemetery remains intact as a well-preserved example of early picturesque cemetery design.

  • The Rhodes Memorial Chapel, built in l891, is among the landmarks of Pine Grove Cemetery and an innovative design of the late l9th century Richardson Romanesque style in Lynn.  The donation by Mrs. Amos Rhodes, as a gift in memory of her husband was generously granted to the City of Lynn.  Over the years, it has been refurbished and the stained glass windows are valued at over $10,000.  Pine Grove’s name comes from the wealth of pine trees that frame the Rhodes Chapel and the entrance drive off of Boston Street.
  • The Pine Grove Cemetery Receiving Tomb was originally constructed during l866-l868, part of a  building campaign following the civil War, to modernize the facilities.  The Tomb remains intact as part of the mid l9th century landscape design, made of granite ashlar construction with cast iron doorway in Ruskinian Gothic style. 
  • The Cemetery Office Building on the grounds was erected in 1860, inside the Boston Street gates at the bottom of the hill leading into the Rhodes Chapel.  The Pine Grove Cemetery gates, of cast iron are valuable examples of mid l9th century civic design, well incorporated into the landscaping of the cemetery. 
  • The Cemetery’s Greenhouse operations have been widely recognized across our country for the highly popular flourishing of landscape designs.  The greenhouse has twin bays where flowers and plants are grown from seed.  The plants are used for endowed lots and for flowerbeds in different locations around the cemetery and the greenhouse has a heating system to maintain temperatures year round.

Pine Grove Cemetery Clean Ups



Annual Fall Clean Up: October 15th through November 1st

All decorations will be removed and disposed of between these dates.

FALL CLEAN-UP
Any summer planters and miscellaneous items left on the graves that will interfere with the fall clean-up and maintenance of the cemetery will be removed from the lots and graves. All fencing and borders must be removed.  Please cut back all perennial plants.  Vigil Lights, Mums and fall decorations may remain.

The replacing of any items on the graves is prohibited from October 15th through November 1st.

Residents having questions or needing additional information may contact the Lynn DPW, Cemetery Division at (781) 268-8000 extension 13 or feel free to email us.

Thank you for your cooperation.

SPRING CLEAN-UP
On or after March 1st of each year, the Superintendent will remove from the lots and graves all wreaths, baskets, potted plants, blankets, plastic decorations and all other grave decorations  that will interfere with the spring clean-up and maintenance of the cemetery.  The replacing of any of these items on the graves will be prohibited from March 1st until April 15th of each year.

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