Harmony Grove Cemetery spreads its 57 acres from 30 Grove Street here in Salem. This is a rural cemetery established in 1840, laid out across approximately 57 acres and designed by Francis Peabody and Alexander Wadsworth. As you take this in, note that the grounds include the Gothic revival Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905, a later architectural note set within the landscape.
Many local and national lives are remembered here: James Armstrong (1794–1868), an American Commodore; Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), the American Impressionist artist; and his brother John Prentiss Benson (1865–1947), known for maritime paintings. You will also find the minister and diarist William Bentley (1759–1819) and Captain John Bertram (1796–1882), founder of Salem Hospital — whose widow donated their home, the John Bertram Mansion at 370 Essex Street, which became the Salem Public Library, while the John Bertram House is now a home for the elderly. Other notable burials include William Cogswell (1838–1895), a US Civil War general; Jacob Crowninshield (1770–1808), Representative from Massachusetts; and Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight (1846–1917), an American librarian, archivist, and diplomat to Switzerland.
Notice the 57 acres, the Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905, and the markers honoring these names.