Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)

Fairview Cemetery, also known as Citizens' Cemetery and Antioch Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States.

Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery, March 2013
Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)
Location in Virginia
Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia) is located in the United States
Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)
Location in United States
LocationVA 522, approx. 1/2 mi. W of Main St., Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Coordinates38°28′52″N 78°00′19″W / 38.48111°N 78.00528°W / 38.48111; -78.00528
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
Built byCulpeper Hardware Manufacturing (1907 caretaker’s lodge)
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.05001521[1]
VLR No.204-5031
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 2006
Designated VLRSeptember 8, 2004[2]

History

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It was established in 1855. The property includes a contributing mid-19th-century municipal cemetery, an early-20th-century African-American cemetery, a monument to Confederate dead (1881), an enclosure wall, and a caretaker's lodge.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

Notable people buried there include A.P. Hill (1825-1865), Confederate general, United States Congressmen John S. Barbour (1790–1855) and John Franklin Rixey (1854–1907).

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Evelyn D. Causey (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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