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Small Cemeteries
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This is a collection of the smaller burial places that dot the landscape of the five boroughs. They are family burial plots and church graveyards, some full of 300-year-old grave markers and some with no monuments at all, some squished between storefronts and major thoroughfares and others hidden behind homes and walls. While most remain extant (if not always accessible), some have been lost to time and development.
New York Marble Cemetery
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Entrance to the New York Marble Cemetery, ca. 1977. Founded in 1830 by wealthy merchants, the New York Marble Cemetery (not to be confused with the New York City Marble Cemetery around the corner) was the city's first non-sectarian burial place. Occupying a little green oasis in the midst of the tenements of the East Village, it is final resting place of more than 2000 New Yorkers. An outbreak of yellow fever in the 1820s and the fear associated with earthen burials, made the stone underground vaults, each the size of a small room, a welcome burial option for wealthy citizens. The cemetery has no freestanding headstones, and as such, looks more like a garden. Descendants of 19th century plot owners can still be buried here.
The Cemeteries of New York
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Each month the Landmarks Conservancy celebrates New York City’s extraordinarily rich architectural heritage by featuring a different building style or function. In October, in observance of Halloween, we’ll highlight some of the City’s most bewitching cemeteries. From colonists to celebrities, these fascinating burial grounds around New York City are full of art, history, stories, and legends.
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New York Marble Cemetery
\[Entrance to the New York Marble Cemetery between 41 and 43 Second Avenue.]
New York Marble Cemetery
Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 2nd St. 41,43 Second Avenue, west side, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, showing the gateway to the Marble Cemetery, which occupies most of the interior of the block. It should not be confused with the New York City Marble Cemetery on the north side of 2nd Street between Second and First Avenues. June 25, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
New York Marble Cemetery
Manhattan: 2nd Ave. - 2nd St. Second Ave., west side, between East 2nd and 3rd Streets, showing the entrance to the New York Marble Cemetery between Nos. 4l and 43 Second Ave. This burial place is hidden in the center of this block and surrounded by buildings; those which appear in the back, face onto the east side of the Bowery. On the north side of East 2nd Street between First and Second Aves is another "Gods Acre" bearing the name "The New York City Marble Cemetery" which is not to be confused with this shown; February 5, 1938. George D. Chinn. NEG #4835 The last phrase in this description, "though both belong to the same Corporation" is correctly transcribed but is incorrect. They have always been two separate corporations. Please contact either cemetery for confirmation. For NYCMC: info@nycmc.org or for NYMC: info@marblecemetery.org
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