• Source: Wildwood Cemetery (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Wildwood Cemetery is an active non-profit cemetery in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, designed and laid out in the late 19th century.




History


Wildwood Cemetery is a non-denominational, not-for-profit, 81 acre cemetery located near the center of the college town of Amherst, Massachusetts.

Wildwood is a serene setting atop a hill, just off Pleasant Street which abuts both Amherst College and University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Established in 1887 with the help of poet Emily Dickinson’s brother Austin, the landscape design was inspired by Fredrick Law Olmsted.
It is an active cemetery with new lots available for purchase. Though there were initial plans for a chapel on site, this did not happen, so services are held graveside.
Bird watchers and naturalists are drawn to the cemetery for the flora and fauna.

Preserving the appearance and feel of the late nineteenth century guides cemetery decisions.




Notable interments


Herbert Baxter Adams (1850–1901), historian, author, Johns Hopkins University professor
George Bosworth Churchill (1866–1925), politician
Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998), historian, author.
Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson (1830–1913), closest friend of Emily Dickinson, wife of her brother Austin Dickinson.
William Austin Dickinson (1829–1895), attorney, Amherst College Treasurer, brother of Emily Dickinson.
Julius Hawley Seelye (1824–1895), politician.
David Peck Todd (1855–1939), astronomer and Amherst College professor.
Mabel Loomis Todd (1858–1932), author, speaker, socialite, early editor of poet Emily Dickinson's work.




References






External links


Official website

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• List of rural cemeteries in the United States
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