Holyhood Cemetery

Holyhood Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Heath Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates
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 holding the final resting places of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and the Kennedys' 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, was also buried here until his father was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 1963. Holyhood is also the final resting place of golfer Francis Ouimet and baseball player George Wright.

Commonwealth War Grave

The cemetery contains one Commonwealth war burial, of an American-born Royal Air Force Cadet of World War I William Becker Hagan.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts

External links

• Holyhood Cemetery Association