Member Spotlight: Harold I. Pratt’s Family Research Guide
Curiosity about past generations of our families is a common interest for many of us, especially at a site like Mount Auburn where our landscape and historical collections are filled with tangible records of so many individuals from nearly two … Continue reading
Support Preservation at Mount Auburn
The William C. Clendaniel Preservation Fund supports the specialized care that keeps our unique collections in good condition for years to come. Mount Auburn Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark because of its exceptional historic landscape, which consists of … Continue reading
Commemorating Simon Antranighian
Memorializing local heritage: creating a monument for Mount Auburn’s first Armenian resident Mount Auburn is working with a group of Armenian history and culture advocates to erect a monument to daguerreotypist Simon Antranighian (1827 – 1855), the first known Armenian … Continue reading
A Good Neighbor: John Chipman Gray the Elder
By Karen Falb Mount Auburn Cemetery and the nearby Larchwood Neighborhood (Fig. 1) have a history going back to the Cemetery’s founding in 1831. At that time, the neighborhood was an estate owned by John Chipman Gray (1793-1881), a state … Continue reading