Building / Landmark · Cambridge

Old Burying Ground

Cambridge's oldest cemetery (1635) — final resting place of Revolutionary War soldiers and Harvard presidents. Admission: Free.

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Photograph · Daderot / CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

Why it matters

A single canonical record that surfaces on 3 of the network’s properties — the same place, understood through 3 different civic lenses.

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Living object

Now, then, future

Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.

Now

lively. Best now: the older layer.

Then

1636: The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, John Harvard.

Future

The next version of this object is whatever story you follow from here.

Current modegolden hour

Historical echoHarvard University

Connected eventopen story

Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energylively

Best nowthe older layer

Best timegolden hour

academicstoriedlively

Rain scoregood

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesshigh

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencehigh

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densityextreme

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityhigh

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

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What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

01The right next stopHarvard UniversityClose enough to feel spontaneous, different enough to change the texture of the visit.5 min walk 02Hidden in plain sightBrattle TheatreA quieter stop nearby that rewards a second look.Museum / Cultural

The editor's hand

Human recommendations

The Civic Graph Editorial DeskEditorial standardLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Dexter Pratt House →Cambridge History DeskLocal historianLook for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Dexter Pratt House →

Civic memory

What this meant before

1631Cambridge CommonCommon ground since 1631 and the mustering place of the Continental Army, where by long tradition Washington took command in 1775; now the civic green between Harvard Square and Porter.1636Harvard UniversityThe oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, John Harvard.1636Harvard YardThe oldest part of the oldest American university — 22 acres of elms, freshman dorms, Widener Library and the John Harvard statue.1727William Brattle HouseGeorgian house of 1727 built for William Brattle, the Loyalist general who fled Cambridge in 1774; one of the Tory Row estates that gave Brattle Street its name.

Address: Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Online: Official site ↗
Graph connections: 1

Plan your visit

Websitenps.gov/places/old-burying-ground.htm ↗

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In the graph 1 relationships — first-class data, not links

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Located in

Harvard Square↗ Cambridge

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Christ Church Cambridge

Park / Public space · 1 min walk

Cambridge Common

Building / Landmark · 1 min walk

Read House

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NearbyA few minutes’ walk away

Christ Church CambridgeBuilding / Landmark Cambridge CommonPark / Public space Read HouseBuilding / Landmark Washington AllstonPerson Monroe C. Gutman LibraryBuilding / Landmark

Also in Harvard SquareShares a neighborhood

Harvard UniversityUniversity Harvard YardBuilding / Landmark Harvard Art MuseumsMuseum / Cultural Harvard Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum / Cultural Widener LibraryBuilding / Landmark

More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph

Weeks FootbridgeBuilding / Landmark Longfellow House–Washington’s HeadquartersBuilding / Landmark Harvard Science CenterBuilding / Landmark Carpenter Center for the Visual ArtsBuilding / Landmark Memorial HallBuilding / Landmark

Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & EthnologyMuseum / Cultural Brattle TheatreMuseum / Cultural American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.)Museum / Cultural Sanders TheatreMuseum / Cultural Brattle Street / Tory RowBuilding / Landmark

One record, 3 framings cross-property publishing — never duplicated

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How this is scored →

✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional

✓Independent corroboration3 sources across 3 tiers

✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified

✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source

✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present

Sources, by tier

Migrated from GuideToCambridge.com source repository Unclassified

Wikidata Q75745186 Open reference

U.S. National Park Service (NPS API) Primary / institutional

Migrated record · original page guidetocambridge.com/attractions/old-burying-ground

The same entity, elsewhere

WikidataQ75745186 Official sitehttps://www.nps.…

Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count

Relationship density13

1 connection

Record coverage88

metadata completeness

Graph authority35

centrality + reach + trust

Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read

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