Dating back to 1660, this was Boston’s third burying ground. It got its name from the Town Granary, a grain warehouse next to the burying ground (now the site of the Park Street Church).

Buried in the Granary Burying Ground are three signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, Sam Adams, and Robert Treat Paine. Benjamin Franklin’s parents and the five victims of the Boston Massacre are buried here. So is the patriot James Otis. Paul Revere and his two wives, Sara Orne and Rachael Walker, are buried here. Peter Faneuil, nine former governors of Massachusetts, and the first mayor of Boston, John Phillips, are buried in the Granary Burying Ground.