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The New York City–area cemeteries established under the Rural Cemetery Act grew very large. In 1880, All Faiths Cemetery had more burials than any other non-sectarian cemetery in the U.S., [ 6 ] and in 1904 it was the burial site for all 1,021 people who died when the excursion boat SS General Slocum caught fire and sank during a Sunday ...
An 1853 document states that in the year 1815, slave owners Isaac Satterly and Benjamin F. Thompson took legal action to designate land along Christian Avenue, in Setauket, as a cemetery for people of color. This site is still known as Laurel Hill Cemetery, which has been under the trusteeship of Bethel AME Church [10] since 1871. [11]
National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City; New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York; New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz; New York Marble Cemetery, East Village, Manhattan, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City
Oak Hill Cemetery (Oak Hill, New York) Oakwood Cemetery (Niagara Falls, New York) Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Old Cochecton Cemetery; Old Hartwick Village Cemetery; Old Sloatsburg Cemetery; Old St. Peter's Church (Van Cortlandtville, New York) Old Town Cemetery (Newburgh, New York) Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery
First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery), Chinatown [2] New York Marble Cemetery, [3] East Village, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City; New York City Marble Cemetery, [4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan
Slavery in New York State was not fully abolished until 1827. [ 9 ] One of the earliest cartographic references to the Flatbush African Burial Ground is an 1855 map by Teunis G. Bergen , showing the "Negro Burying Ground" to the northeast of Erasmus Hall High School , which Bergen attended.
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, [1] it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, [2] in what was then Yonkers, in an area that was annexed to New York City ...