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]
Old Gravesend Cemetery | |
 | |
    | |
| Location | Gravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 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 No. | 80002635[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | March 23, 1976 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. 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
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old Gravesend Cemetery.
