Randall Cemetery

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Randall Cemetery
Randall Cemetery, Freeport.jpg
The cemetery in 2022, looking southeast to Lower Main Street
Randall Cemetery
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Location
Corner of Lower Main Street and Desert Road
Freeport, Maine
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 43°50′36″N70°07′06″W / 43.84327699°N 70.11840950°W / 43.84327699; -70.11840950
Randall Cemetery
TypePrivate
No. of graves17
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Randall Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Freeport, Maine, United States. Located at the corner of Lower Main Street (U.S. Route 1) and Desert Road, it contains seventeen headstones, the earliest dating to 1831. The small plot contains pine trees both in and around its low dry stone wall. [1]

The cemetery was part of the Randall family farm, run by Isaac (1770–1850) and Mercy Randall (1776–1840), a site now occupied by a Shaw's grocery store. [1] [2] The farm house and buildings were on the Shaw's side of the street, then a dirt track, while a barn stood on the opposite side of today's Lower Main Street. All the buildings were demolished when construction on the ramps to and from Interstate 295 began. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Queen, Kylie. "There's a Secret Cemetery in Freeport, Maine. Have You Noticed It?". Q97.9. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ↑ Bryan, Shannon (2011-10-27). "It's a plot". Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ↑ Perkins, Don (2012). The Barns of Maine: Our History, Our Stories. ISBN   9781614236870.
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