Aerial survey · USDA NAIP · public domainFall River's 100-acre Victorian garden cemetery, established 1855 and the burial place of Lizzie Borden and her family.
765 Prospect Street, Fall River, MA 02720
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
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Free
No fee to enter and walk the grounds. The cemetery is an active burial ground; visitors are asked to be respectful.
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Wheelchair OK
Paved drives and lawns over elevated, gently rolling ground; the Borden plot is a short walk in.
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Photos OK
Est. 1855 · 1855 rural/garden cemetery, more than 100 acres · Burial place of the Borden family, including Lizzie Borden · Resting place of Fall River's textile-era elite and notable residents
Oak Grove Cemetery was laid out in 1855 on elevated ground at 765 Prospect Street in Fall River, in the rural-cemetery style then popular across the Northeast. Spread over more than 100 acres, it was designed as a landscaped garden of ornamental trees, shrubs, and family monuments, with a granite gateway and gothic-revival detailing reflecting the wealth of the textile city around it.
The cemetery became the resting place of much of Fall River's mill-owning and professional elite, along with members of Congress and other notable residents. Its drives and plots record the city's industrial heyday in stone.
Oak Grove is best known to visitors as the burial place of the Borden family. Andrew and Abby Borden, killed in their home in August 1892, are interred here, as are Lizzie Borden and her sister Emma. Lizzie, acquitted at trial in 1893, lived the rest of her life in Fall River and died on June 1, 1927; Emma died nine days later. Lizzie's own marker is a small, low stone engraved simply "Lizbeth," set apart from the larger family monument, and it has become one of the most-visited graves in the cemetery.
Because of the Borden connection and the cemetery's Victorian character, Oak Grove draws true-crime travelers and history visitors throughout the year, particularly those touring Fall River's Borden-related sites.
Sources
The paranormal reputation of Oak Grove Cemetery rests almost entirely on its association with the Borden case. Listings on ghost-aggregator sites describe visitors reporting a feeling of unease near the Borden family plot and occasional accounts of screaming or unexplained sounds among the older sections of the grounds.
These accounts are anecdotal and difficult to separate from the strong pull of the Borden story itself, which draws visitors expecting an eerie experience. No documented incident or independently verified phenomenon underlies the haunting claims, and the cemetery is, first and foremost, an active and well-kept burial ground.
For most visitors the draw is historical rather than paranormal: a Victorian garden cemetery, a famous and still-debated murder case, and a small grave marked "Lizbeth." Anyone visiting should do so respectfully and during posted hours, treating the haunting reports as folklore attached to a genuine landmark.
Notable Entities
Walk the grounds of the 1855 cemetery and visit the Borden family plot, where Lizzie Borden's small 'Lizbeth' marker sits near the larger family monument. The grounds also hold mill-owning families and notable Fall River figures.
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