For most of the year, the cemetery is bright with flowers left for loved ones and canopied by flowered trees or autumn leaves. Although still holding burials for current deed holders, Fairview no longer has lots available for sale.
Please contact the Cemetery Department for more information. Should you visit Fairview, please observe our rules and regulations and respect this space. To preserve the integrity of the historic headstones, making rubbings or tracings is not permitted. Only lot owners may clean their family headstone or monument. Do not sit, lean, or climb on headstones. Please contact the Cemetery Department if you need help in locating a burial, or check findagrave.
Do not hesitate to stop by or call us at if you need help or information. Take a right at Common and pass Town Hall. From Chelmsford : Take Rte. Fairview Cemetery will be on your left.
Skip to Main Content. Loading Close. Do Not Show Again Close. Sign In. Fairview Cemetery One of the earliest burials at what is now Fairview Cemetery was believed to be that of Abram Wright, in the gravestone is no longer identified , when the cemetery was a half-acre of pasture dotted with flat slate tombstones.
Arrow Left Arrow Right. At the time it commanded a view of the surrounding County for many miles in every direction. The site was deemed as the most desirable in the State with its rolling hills, and dry soil suitable to burial purposes.
Ownership of Fairview was vested in the lot holders. Each lot purchased carried with it a voting right for officers and ownership in all lands unsold. Fairview cemetery was solemnly dedicated on September 24, By the turn of the century the cemetery had increased in size to 75 acres through the purchase of neighboring farmlands.
To develop the newly acquired land, topographical maps and a detailed engineering plan were needed. There were many interviews with various engineers and information was received from well known cemeteries, such as Greenwood in Brooklyn and Woodlawn of New York. By the end of the firm of Jacob L. Bauer of Elizabeth was selected to provide topographical maps and the firm of F.
Ham of Cranford was selected to perform the engineering work necessary for a general plan showing roads, paths, drives and general divisions with drainage of water. Downing Vaux was a predecessor of the Olmsted Brothers Firm. Correspondence also shows that in the then Olmsted Brothers Firm was again contacted for design landscaping services and visited the Cemetery. The Fairview project consisted of two plans and drawing, Memorial Bench Program The Memorial Bench Program offers everyone the opportunity to remember friends or family members while contributing to the enhancement of the Bowling Green Parks.
Your participation in this special program will honor the memory of a friend or family member and provide an attractive and useful amenity to our parks and green spaces. Mark Your Arrangements : The cemetery office receives several calls during the year looking for flower arrangements that blow away during windy conditions. We hold those items approximately one week next to our storage building.
If an identification tag can be affixed to the arrangements as the name appears on the monument , Cemetery Staff will do their best to see that the arrangement is placed back on the correct monuments. Inclement Weather : During inclement weather the cemetery gates will be closed until all ice, snow and other debris causing unsafe conditions in the cemetery can be cleared from the roads in the cemetery. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Pets : All pets must be confined to designated roads, avenues and walkways and must be on a leash.
At no time shall a pet be allowed to roam free within the cemetery grounds. What are your office hours? Monday thru Friday am till pm, excepting holidays. What are your holidays? How do I locate a grave? Call or visit the office for burial locations.
What are your hours and days for burials? Burials are scheduled between am to pm Monday to Friday. Saturday burials incur an additional charge and are scheduled between am and am.
There are no Saturday afternoon burials and no Sunday burials. There are no burials on the holidays listed. What can I plant at a gravesite? Rules vary according to section and type of property.
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