Union Cemetery

This cemetery is listed on the NH State Register of Historic Places for its historical importance. Although formally established in 1844, there are a few burials that date back twenty years before. The formal design of rectangular plots, its park setting and the central path shows the beginning of an evolution from unorganized burying grounds like to adjacent North Cemetery to more formally-designed cemeteries. The use of white marble and limestone and more monumental and Grecian-influence gravestones also contrasts with North Cemetery’s slate and Puritan influence. Some of its inhabitants include wealthy shipping merchants and ship builders whose shipyards and mansions were once located in this area on the North Mill Pond. Located on Maplewood Avenue to the right of the North Cemetery.

See the City Historic Marker for Union Cemetery