Mount Hope Cemetery (Boston)

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. It was established in 1852 as a private cemetery, and was acquired by the city five years later. It is the city's first cemetery to be laid out in the rural cemetery style, with winding lanes. It was at first 85acre in size; it was enlarged by the addition of 40acre in 1929. Its main entrance is on Walk Hill Street, on the northern boundary. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.IntermentsLeonard Chadwick, Medal of Honor recipient.George Dixon, first Canadian and first black world boxing champion. Gottlieb Graupner, musicianRoland Hayes, lyric tenor, first African American to sing at Carnegie HallLuther "Snake Boy" Johnson, American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.Michael "King" Kelly, Hall of Fame baseball playerSusie Taylor, first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves, first black Army nurseTheodore Dwight Weld, abolitionistOne British Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Canadian Air Force officer of World War II.