Jamaica Plain's Historic Walter Street Burying Ground

Did you know there was once a graveyard for Revolutionary War soldiers on the grounds of the Loring-Greenough House? Join the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Night Club next Tuesday, November 19th at 7:00PM for our first FYI talk of the Fall season. Chris Child of New England Historic Genealogical Society will be talking about the Walter Street Burying Ground, an oft-overlooked part of Jamaica Plain History.

Originally the graveyard of the Second Parish Church in Roxbury, the Walter Street Burying Ground became the repository of bodily remains found in 1867 during construction in the neighborhood around the Loring-Greenough House. Mr. Child’s talk will focus on who is buried at the Walter Street Burial Ground, what graves have survived the test of time, and what is still unknown about the site.

Child Child is Genealogist of Newbury Street Press at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He  is co-author of The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport, Massachusetts (2011), and co-editor of The Ancestry of Catherine Middleton (2011). Mr. Child is an expert in archival research and local history.

There are no reservations for the event, as it will be first-come, first-seated.  Members of the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club are admitted free.

The cost will be $5 for each person who is not a member - you can find out more about the Tuesday Night Club and other membership perks at http://loring-greenough.org/membership/.

There will be many knowledgeable members and volunteers around to answer questions about the LGH and the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club. If you are interested in an in-depth tour, House tours happen every Sunday through December from 1PM-3PM.