Holyhood Cemetery
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Holyhood Cemetery
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| Location | Heath Street, Brookline, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′12″N 71°10′1″W / 42.32000°N 71.16694°WCoordinates: 42°19′12″N 71°10′1″W / 42.32000°N 71.16694°W |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1857 |
| Architect | Patrick Keeley |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Brookline MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 85003275 |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts. Laid out in 1857, the cemetery was designed to reflect the rural cemetery movement begun at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery. It was the first such cemetery in Brookline. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Most of the cemetery has the layout typical of rural cemeteries, with winding lanes and attractive landscaping. One section, known as the "German Acre" and located near the entrance, has a more traditional rectilinear form; it was laid out for a congregation of predominantly German Catholics. The cemetery chapel, built 1859-62, is set on a hill near its center, and was designed by Patrick Keely, a noted architect of Catholic churches. It is a Gothic Revival structure, built out of puddingstone.
It is best known for being the final resting places of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and their daughter, Rosemary Kennedy. (The Kennedys were the parents of U.S. President John, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York Robert, and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Edward.) The last child born to President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, as well as the body of a stillborn sister, Arabella, were also buried here, until being removed to Arlington National Cemetery, following their father's assassination and burial there in 1963. Holyhood is also the final resting place of golfer Francis Ouimet and baseball player George Wright.
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