Mount Hope Cemetery | |
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| Location | 1100 Fayetteville St.,Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°45′53″N78°38′43″W / 35.7647°N 78.6454°W /35.7647; -78.6454 |
| Area | 29.3 acres (11.9 ha) |
| Built | c. 1872 (1872) |
| Architect | C.A. Goodwin; et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001292[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 8, 2009 |
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic African-Americancemetery and nationalhistoric district located atRaleigh, North Carolina. It was established about 1872. The approximate total number of monuments in the cemetery is 1,454, although interment records list over 7,000 individuals. Notable contributing resources include the W. H. Matthews (1828–1902) mausoleum, the front entrance gates and gate posts (c. 1930s), and the garden cemetery landscape design.[2] Notable people buried includeGaston Alonzo Edwards.
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
The cemetery was established in 1872 after the city of Raleigh purchased approximately 11 acres to serve as burial grounds for blacks after the black section ofCity Cemetery was deemed full.[3]
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