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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest and among the most prominent cemeteries in New Orleans.It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery (French: Cimetière St. Peter; no longer in existence) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire in 1788.
Wealthy people were buried in the St. Louis Church. [2]: 1–40 View of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 showing the street-like layout of the tombs. In 1788, a yellow fever epidemic struck New Orleans. This epidemic, in addition to the proximity of the St. Peter Street Cemetery and the high water table for in-ground burials, created a sanitation ...
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
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"Old Vaults in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, no. 53790" A photochrom postcard published by the Detroit Photographic Company. Date: 1901: Source: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University (). Author: Uncredited: Permission (Reusing this file) First published in the United States before 1923 - public domain
New Mount Sinai Cemetery is a 52-acre (21 ha) cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Its first burial was in 1853, and its rural cemetery landscape design was laid out in 1907. [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [ 1 ]
St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville's Tyler Park neighborhood serves as the final resting place for nearly 50,000 Catholics spread across 43 acres dotted with ornate sculptures and monoliths.
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