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Parks Home About Us Permits & Applications Maintenance Division Cemetery Division Urban Forestry Park Rangers Historic Burying Grounds About the Burying Grounds Iconography of the Gravestones Search Historic Headstones How You Can Help Visiting a Burying Ground Emerald Necklace Things To Do Volunteer/Internships Donate Rules & Regulations Contact Us Parks Department City Hall Hours & Directions Mayor's Online Constituent Service City Departments	Past and Current Preservation Projects Bennington Street Cemetery (1838), East Boston CAP IV, Installation of perimeter fence, 1990 $54,000 Private Contributions/CAP match, Memorial Tree Installation, 1996 $10,000 Anonymous funder & Massport, Landscaping and Tree Installation, 1996 $10,000 Henderson Foundation, Gravestone, monument conservation, 1996 $20,000 Fund for Parks and Recreation, National Register Nomination $3,000 TOTAL $93,000 Bunker Hill Burying Ground (1807), Charlestown Simmons College donation, Tree planting, 2000 $400 Central Burying Ground (1754), Boston Common CAP II, Stabilization of Mound Tombs, 1985/86 $33,000 Massachusetts Cultural Council and Henderson, Gravestone Conservation $12,000 MHC Gravestone Conservation, 1990 $8,500 Capital IX, Mound Tomb Restoration, 1994 $450,000 TOTAL $503,500 Copp's Hill Burying Ground (1659), North End MHC, Gravestone Conservation and paint removal, 1988 $14,000 Private Contributions, Gravestone Repair, 1990 $2,000 CAP VII, Wall Repair, 1992 $87,000 CAP VIII, Wall Reconstruction, 1993 $247,000 General Park Improvements, Tree pruning and removal, 1995-96 $7,500 Private Contributions, Monument Repair, 1995 $1,000 Cemetery Operating Budget, Repair of brick walkways, 2000 $2,000 Cemetery Operating Budget, Pruning and tree removal services, 2000 $3,000 CAP XIV, XV Wall repair, 2000-01 $257,700 Browne Fund, Signage, 2001 $20,000 TOTAL $641,200 Dorchester North Burying Ground (1634), Upham's Corner Dorchester Historical Society, Program Support, 1986 $ 500 CDBG Funds, Wall Reconstruction, 1986 $100,000 Browne Fund, Wall Reconstruction, 1986 $110,000 Boston Globe Foundation, Gravestone inventory, 1987 $3,700 (part of $15,000 grant shared with Hawes/Union) Boston Globe Foundation, Gravestone conservation, 1987 $7,200 (part of $15,000 grant shared with Hawes/Union) Private Donations, 8 trees 1989-91 $1,000 Browne Fund, Gravestone conservation/security lighting, 1991/92 $75,000 Henderson Foundation, Gravestone Conservation, 1991/92 $50,000 Mass ReLeaf Program, 20 Trees, 1992 $8,000 CAP X, Gravestone Conservation, tomb repair, mausoleum stabilization, 1995/96 (shared with Kings and Granary) $170,000 DEM Urban Forestry Program/Heritage Tree Grant, 1996 $2,800 Simmons College donation, Tree planting, 2000 $400 MHC, Mass. Preservation Project Fund Grant, Restoration of Wood Family Mausoleum $30,000 CAP XIV, XV, Restoration of Wood Family Mausoleum $41,495 TOTAL $600,095 Dorchester South Burying Ground (1814), Lower Mills Tour de Graves proceeds, Gravestone conservation, 1995 $2,600 BPRD Operating Budget, Tree Removal, 1995 $5,000 Private Contribution, Memorial Tree installation project, 1996 $300 CAP IX, Street facing fence restoration, 1996 $115,000 TOTAL $122,900 Eliot Burying Ground (1630) Dudley Square CAP I, Wall Reconstruction, 1986 $100,000 Browne Fund, Gravestone Conservation, 1988/89 $55,000 Historic Boston Incorporated, Gravestone conservation, 1988/89 $ 3,000 Riley Foundation, Gate and entry repairs, 1989 $25,000 Mass ReLeaf Program, 20 trees, 1992 $8,000 TOTAL $191,000 Granary Burying Ground (1660), Downtown CAP II, Tomb reconstruction, 1987 $25,000 MHC gravestone conservation, 1988/89 $25,000 Boston Athenaeum, Tree Pruning, 1987 and 1995 $2,000 CAP III, Ornamental Ironwork and wall repair, 1988 $45,000 American Express Foundation, Interpretive Signage, 1988 $14,600 John Handcock Mutual Life, cleaning Handcock Memorial, path reconstruction, 1988 $7,000 Family of Gov, James Sullivan, Conservation of Sullivan tomb, 1988 $6,000 Leggat and McCall/73 Tremont Street, Pathway improvements, 1990 $100,000 Jack Daniel Company, Ornamental ironwork, 1988 (shared w/Granary) $9,200 vU.S. Coast Guard, William's Tomb repair, 1991 $18,000 CAP X, Gravestone conservation, tomb repair, Signage and landscape work, 1995-96 (shared with King's/Dorchester N) $170,000 Donated Services, Tree pruning, 1996 $2,500 Tremont Street Preservation Trust, Restoration of Mound Tombs, 1996 $50,000 Office of Capitol Planning, Restoration of Mound Tombs, 1996 $72,800 DEM Grant, Pathway Installation and Repair $43,000 CAP XIV, Pathway Installation and Repair $44,000 Tremont Street Preservation Trust, gravestone resetting and tomb repair $26,380 CAP XIV, gravestone resetting and tomb repair $26,620 TOTAL $681,000 Hawes Burying Ground/Union Cemetery, South Boston CAP II, Tomb reconstruction, 1988 $60,000 AMREC, Tree Planting, 1991 $500 Rebuilding of brick piers, 2000 $6,400 Simmons College donation, Tree planting, 2000 $400 TOTAL $67,300 King's Chapel Burying Ground (1630), Downtown Architectural Heritage Foundation, Stone repair, 1985 $20,000 Flately Company, restoration work, 1985 $5,000 MHC and Capital, Gravestone conservation & inventory, 1985 $53,700 MHC, Gravestone conservation, 1986 $10,000 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Keayne Tomb Restoration, 1987 $7,700 Anonymous, Reconstruction of Chilton-Winslow tomb, 1987 $6,000 Jack Daniel Company, repair of ornamental ironwork, 1988 $9,200 CAP II, Entrance Repairs, 1988 $25,000 CAP III, repair of ornamental iron gate and wall repair, 1988-89 $33,800 Clapp Family, Gravestone repair, 1991 $2,500 National Park Service, Tomb repairs, 1991 $2,000 Architectural Heritage Foundation, Tree removal, 1990 $1,500 Usher Family, Usher Tomb repair, 1995 $2,500 CAP X, Gravestone conservation, tomb repair, landscaping installation of new pathways for ADA, 1996 (shared with Granary/Dorchester N) $170,000 Tremont Street Preservation Trust, Restoration of ornamental fence, 1996 $25,470 Office of Capital Planning, Restoration of Ornamental Fence, 1996 $16,430 TOTAL $394,100 Market Street Burying Ground (1764), Brighton CAP IV, Wall reconstruction, 1987 $76,000 Boston College Community Fund, Tree Removal, 1995 $2,000 Boston College Community Fund, Gravestone conservation, 1996 $2,000 CAP VI, Mound Tomb restoration, 1996/97 $55,000 Browne Fund Market Street Fence 1999 $55,000 CAP XIV, Market Street Fence, 1999-2000 $17,460 TOTAL $207,460 Phipp's Street Burying Ground (1630), Charlestown CAP IV, stabilization of masonry, monument conservation 1996/97/98 $50,000 MHC, matching grant, masonry stabilization, 1996/97/98 $50,000 TOTAL $100,000 South End South Burying Ground (1814), South End CAP XI, Wall reconstruction, 1986 $100,000 CAP III, Wall reconstruction, 1988 $75,000 CAP X,, Interior Tomb reconstruction, 1995/96 $214,000 CAP XI, Interior Tomb reconstruction 1996/97 $80,000 TOTAL $469,000 Walter Street Burying Ground (1686), Roslindale CAP IV, Wall reconstruction, 1988/89 $93,000 Westerly Burying Ground (1686), West Roxbury CAP II, Wall reconstruction and iron work, 1988 $70,000 Other non-construction related costs: Project Manager Salary (15 years at approx. $35,000) $525,000 Master Plan, 1986 (MHC funded) $38,000 Master Plan Update (OCP) $25,000 Signage system, 1996 (General Park Improvement) $2,000 Tree Inventory, 1997/97 $2000 TOTAL $592,000 GRAND TOTAL $4,129,258	Search: Get Adobe Reader Many forms are available in PDF format. 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