The Main Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Main Street in Dalton, Massachusetts. Although the cemetery dates to 1781, much of it was laid out in the 19th century, during the rural cemetery movement. Located on the outskirts of Dalton's historic center near the town line with Pittsfield, its most visible element is a large concrete wall that separates it from Main Street. The cemetery grounds consist of meandering gravel paths, dotted with mature trees and other plantings. The cemetery, encompassing 10.2acre and some 850 plots, continues in active use. Its most prominent burials are those of the Crane family, whose papermaking business, Crane and Company, has dominated Dalton since the 1820s. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.Notable intermentsJosephine Porter Boardman, socialite and patron of the arts who co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of ArtBruce Crane, Businessman and politician who was president and chairman of Crane & Co. and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's CouncilWinthrop Murray Crane, political figure and businessman who was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, and a United States SenatorByron Weston, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883
