Evergreen Cemetery
- Address: W side of Stevens Ave, N of jct with Brighton Ave
- Vicinity: Off W side of Stevens Ave, N of jct with Brighton Ave
- Neighborhood of Deering Portland in Portland, ME
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| FOJ Smith Tomb |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1850/10/00 | Newspaper reporter and politician, Sylvester B Beckett (1812-82), writes in his diary: I have been examining the woods of Mr Buckley, at Stevens' Plains, with a view of endeavoring to prevail upon the city ... to purchase the place for a burying-ground. | |||||
| 1852/02/28 | Charles R Goodell | Civil Engineer | Portland buys 55 acres for a cemetery. The receiving tomb was built in 1861-1862 by JT Emery. | |||
| 1902/00/00 | Frederick A Tompson | Architect | Wilde Memorial Chapel is built per the design of architect Frederick A Tompson. | |||
| 1911/02/19 | John Anderson (Ormond Beach) | Died | John Anderson passes away. Mr Anderson is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine. | |||
| 1913/00/00 | Hugh J Chisholm | In Memoriam | Chisholm Tomb, a small-scale Classical Revival replica of the Maison Carree of a Roman temple in Nimes, France, is built. | |||
| 1922/08/24 | Adam P Leighton | Died | Adam Phillips Leighton dies at age 71. Mr Leighton buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine. | |||
| 1940/01/25 | John Calvin Stevens | Died | John Calvin Stevens passes away in 1940. He is buried in Portland's Evergreen Cemetery. |
| Particulars for Evergreen Cemetery: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Funerary | Cemetery |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Funerary Landscape | Lawn Cemetery |
| Funerary Landscape | Rural Cemetery |
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