Ridgewood Cemetery

Ridgewood Cemetery is located at 177 Salem Street in North Andover, Massachusetts. Established in 1849 and opened in 1850, it is the town's third cemetery and the first designed in the rural cemetery style. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 and remains active with approximately 3,000 marked burials. It is owned and operated by a non-profit cemetery association.

The cemetery is situated on a rough oblong property south of Salem Street, extending nearly to Abbott Street. Its main entrance features an early 20th-century bronze gate, with secondary entrances on Salem Street and Marbleridge Road. The oldest section is located on a rise between the two Salem Street entrances, while the property slopes down to a stream that divides it, with modern sections on the far side of the stream.

Originally named Andover Cemetery, it was renamed Ridgewood Cemetery after North Andover separated from Andover in 1865. The initial design followed rural cemetery concepts, including winding lanes and sculptural burial sites. In the 1930s, an expansion was designed by landscape architect Harland P. Kelsey in collaboration with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The bronze gates were a gift from mill owner George Gilbert and designed by Julius A. Schweinfurth, installed in 1909.