# Mount Feake Cemetery > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Feake_Cemetery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Feake_Cemetery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Feake_Cemetery > Source revision: 1344138038 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2025}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Mount Feake Cemetery | nrhp_type = | image = Upper Charles Mount Feake Cemetery Aerial extract.JPG | caption = Mount Feake Cemetery along the [Charles River](/source/Charles_River) | location = 203 Prospect St., [Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts) | coordinates = {{coord|42|21|52|N|71|14|58|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Massachusetts#USA | area = {{convert|85|acre|ha}} | built = 1857 | architect = [Robert Morris Copeland](/source/Robert_Morris_Copeland) | architecture = Italianate, Romanesque | added = September 28, 1989 | mpsub = Waltham MRA | refnum = 89001497 {{NRISref|2008a}} }} '''Mount Feake Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery at 203 Prospect Street in [Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts). ==History== Established in 1857, it is the city's second cemetery, after [Grove Hill Cemetery](/source/Grove_Hill_Cemetery), and is one of the best-preserved [garden cemeteries](/source/rural_cemetery) in the state.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=wlt.801|title=NRHP nomination for Mount Feake Cemetery|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-04-29}} It takes its name from its highest point, Mount Feake, which was named by Governor [John Winthrop](/source/John_Winthrop) in 1632 for his future nephew-in-law, [Robert Feake](/source/Robert_Feake), one of the founding settlers of [Watertown, Massachusetts](/source/Watertown%2C_Massachusetts). The cemetery was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1989. Mount Feake Cemetery was designed by [Robert Morris Copeland](/source/Robert_Morris_Copeland), and was from its inception compared to the older [Mount Auburn Cemetery](/source/Mount_Auburn_Cemetery) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts). It stands on a somewhat rugged parcel of land that rises above the [Charles River](/source/Charles_River) across from the [Waltham Watch Company](/source/Waltham_Watch_Company) complex. A series of winding lanes, designed to complement the terrain, provide access to all parts of the cemetery. Most of the grave markers are made of granite, although marble and limestone are also well-represented. One unusual item once added some romantic charm to the cemetery. The remains of a brick water pumping station, built in 1872 and enlarged in 1896-97, stood on the grounds of the cemetery, and provided a picturesque ruin to the environment. Adjacent to this building stood two Italianate houses, as well as a carriage house and sheds, that were historically associated with the pumping station. All of these buildings were demolished, probably in the late 20th century. == Notable burials == Notable burials include [Marta Adams](/source/Marta_Adams) (1891–1978).{{Cite web |last=Rimel |first=Anna |date=27 June 2016 |title=A Finding Aid to the Marta Adams Papers, circa 1914-circa 1991, in the Archives of American Art |url=https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.adammart.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309005055/https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.adammart.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |website=[Archives of American Art](/source/Archives_of_American_Art)}} == Images == File:Waltham MA Mount Feake Cemetery.JPG|Headstones in Mount Feake Cemetery. File:Geese at Mount Feake Femetery December 2021.jpg|[Canada geese](/source/Canada_goose) grazing in the grass at Mount Feake Cemetery. File:Mt Feake Cemetery aerial extract.JPG|Aerial view of Mount Feake Cemetery. ==See also== *[National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Waltham%2C_Massachusetts) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} {{NRHP in Waltham, Massachusetts}} {{Authority control}} Category:Buildings and structures in Waltham, Massachusetts Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category:Italianate architecture in Massachusetts Category:1857 establishments in Massachusetts Category:Cemeteries in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Category:National Register of Historic Places in Waltham, Massachusetts Category:Rural cemeteries --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mount Feake Cemetery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Feake_Cemetery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Feake_Cemetery?action=history)). 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