Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine)
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Evergreen Cemetery
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| Location | 672 Stevens Ave. Portland, Maine |
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| Area | 239 acres (97 ha) (cemetery size) 140 acres (57 ha) (National Register listing size) |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architect | Charles R. Goodell; Frederick A. Tompson |
| NRHP Reference # | 92000791[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1992 |
Evergreen Cemetery is a garden style cemetery in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States. With 239 acres (97 ha) of land, it is the largest cemetery in the state.[2] Established in 1855 in what was then Westbrook, the cemetery is home to one of the state's most impressive collections of funerary art. The 140-acre (57 ha) historical portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
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Description and history
Evergreen Cemetery is located in the central portion of Deering, the large western section of Portland, on the west side of Stevens Avenue, a major north-south artery. The main areas of the cemetery are laid out in with winding curvilinear paths, typical of the rural cemetery movement popular in the 19th century, while later sections of the cemetery are typically (but not entirely) laid out in a more rectilinear fashion. A number of architecturally significant mausoleums are located in the cemetery, the most prominent of which are the Chisholm Tomb and the F.O.J. Smith Tomb; the latter is a small-scale Classical Revival replica of the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nîmes, France.[3]
The cemetery was established in 1855 in Saccarappa (Westbrook) and became the area's main cemetery after the Western Cemetery. The original parcel appears to have been about 45 acres (18 ha), which was repeatedly enlarged beginning about 1869.[3] As of March 2011, only 110 acres (45 ha) were used for cemetery-related activities.[4] The cemetery holds the records for Forest City Cemetery in South Portland. In April 2014, it was announced the cemetery would add an additional 800 to 1,000 gravesites near the main entrance while also adding a columbarium, which will hold cremated remains above ground. An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people are interred in the cemetery.[5]
Wilde Memorial Chapel
Wilde Memorial Chapel is a Gothic-style chapel. It was built as a mortuary chapel by Falmouth native Mary Ellen Lunt Wilde in 1890. It was designed by Portland architect Frederick A. Tompson and gifted to the city in 1902.[6] The granite building is used for both memorial and wedding services, with a maximum capacity of 105.[7]
Notable interments
- John Appleton, congressman and assistant secretary of state
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy, congressman
- Asa William Henry Clapp, congressman
- Nathan Clifford, US Attorney General and Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
- Neal S. Dow, mayor, general and candidate for president
- Francis H. Fassett, architect
- James D. Fessenden, general
- Francis Fessenden, general
- Samuel Fessenden, lieutenant
- Samuel C. Fessenden, congressman
- Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, congressman
- William P. Fessenden, congressman, senator and secretary of the treasury
- Frank Fixaris, sportscaster
- Elbridge Gerry, congressman
- Charles Goddard (1879-1951), playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Christian Hale, lieutenant and congressman
- Obed Hall, congressman
- Asher Crosby Hinds, congressman
- John Lynch, congressman
- Joseph C. Noyes, congressman
- John J. Perry, congressman
- William Lebaron Putnam, mayor
- Thomas Brackett Reed, congressman and Speaker of the US House of Representatives
- Ether Shepley, senator
- George Foster Shepley, general
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, congressman
- John Calvin Stevens, architect
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat, congressman
- Henry Goddard Thomas, general
- Charles W. Walton, congressman
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Portland cemetery's plans would uproot gardeners Portland Press Herald, March 22, 2011
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- ↑ Wilde Memorial Chapel Friends of Evergreen Cemetery.
- ↑ Portland Maine Public Service site: Wilde Chapel
