Old Gravesend Cemetery
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Location | Gravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°WCoordinates: 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W |
Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) |
Built | 1658 |
NRHP Reference # | 80002635[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
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Old Gravesend Cemetery, January 2011
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Bradley T. Frandsen; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Gravesend Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 21 photographs
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