New York City Marble Cemetery
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| New York City Marble Cemetery | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Second Street, between First and Second Avenues, Manhattan, NYC, New York, USA |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1832 |
| Architect: | Perkins Nichols |
| Added to NRHP: | September 17, 1980[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80002703 [2] |
| Governing body: | Private cemetery |
The New York City Marble Cemetery, created in 1831, was the second "marble" non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. [3] There are 258 burial vaults constructed of Tuckahoe marble on the site. It is not connected to the nearby and slightly older New York Marble Cemetery.
It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1969[4]
It is occasionally open to the public, especially as part of Openhousenewyork, usually in October.
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[edit] Notable burials
- Stephen Allen, mayor of New York City and governor of New York State
- James Lenox, whose library along with the Astor and Tilden libraries formed the New York Public Library
- Isaac Varian, mayor of New York City (1839-1841)
- Marinus Willet, hero of the Revolutionary War and Mayor of New York City (1807-1808)
- James Henry Roosevelt, founder of Roosevelt Hospital
- Moses Taylor, financier and backer of the Atlantic Cable
- John Lloyd Stephens, archeologist focused on Mayan culture
- David Sherwood Jackson, Congressman (1847-1849)
- Edward Elmer Potter, Civil War Brigadier General
[edit] Former burials
- James Monroe, president of the United States (subsequently moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1858)
- John Ericsson, designer of USS Monitor (subsequently moved to Sweden in 1890)
Supposedly the old Dutch graveyards from lower Manhattan were moved to the "Ministers Vault"[5]
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ New+York County listings at the National Register of Historic Places
- ^ "A Cemetery for the Living", New York Times, August 31, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. "On a quiet side street in the East Village lies the New York City Marble Cemetery, the second nonsectarian cemetery built in Manhattan. Created in 1832 by several enterprising businessmen as a profit-making venture, the cemetery provides a social hub and respite for its neighbors that surpass its original intent. Residents and curious passers-by alike are drawn to the green oasis on East Second Street between First and Second Avenues, sequestered behind an imposing wrought-iron fence and surrounded by a three-sided 12-foot-high stone wall overhung with ivy."
- ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; Guide to New York City Landmarks, 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.62.
- ^ NYC Marble Cemetery History
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Notable burials at New York City Marble Cemetery at Find A Grave
- New York City Marble Cemetery is at coordinates Coordinates:
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