Lakeview Cemetery
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Lakeview Cemetery

Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Lakeview Cemetery's was established in 1871 when the Town purchased land from Joseph Bullard and John Calvin Butterfield who owned several properties along what was then known as German Hill, now Pemberton Road. This purchase represents an important stage in Cochituate's history and reflects the village's desire for its own municipal amenities, separate from the rest of Wayland. This land that the town purchased had already been the site of burials from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.



One of the more outstanding features in the Cemetery is the Dean Mausoleum, which is the resting place of one of the most prominent shoe factory owners and his family. Other wealthy shoe manufacturers and their families also were buried here including the Lokers, Bents, Bryants and Griffins. The Town Tomb was strategically located at the end of

road leading into the Cemetery just opposite the Bowl. It was a receiving tomb used during the winter when the digging of graves was not possible. This Tomb was used well into the twentieth century until year around burials were common practice.



This cemetery sits on 16.88 acres. The earliest death date is ca. 1820s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WAY.803 Lakeview Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR3 Lakeview Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Wayland Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849".








Lakeview Cemetery's was established in 1871 when the Town purchased land from Joseph Bullard and John Calvin Butterfield who owned several properties along what was then known as German Hill, now Pemberton Road. This purchase represents an important stage in Cochituate's history and reflects the village's desire for its own municipal amenities, separate from the rest of Wayland. This land that the town purchased had already been the site of burials from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.



One of the more outstanding features in the Cemetery is the Dean Mausoleum, which is the resting place of one of the most prominent shoe factory owners and his family. Other wealthy shoe manufacturers and their families also were buried here including the Lokers, Bents, Bryants and Griffins. The Town Tomb was strategically located at the end of

road leading into the Cemetery just opposite the Bowl. It was a receiving tomb used during the winter when the digging of graves was not possible. This Tomb was used well into the twentieth century until year around burials were common practice.



This cemetery sits on 16.88 acres. The earliest death date is ca. 1820s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WAY.803 Lakeview Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR3 Lakeview Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Wayland Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849".








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