Old Gravesend Cemetery

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 / 40.59444; -73.97500Coordinates: 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500
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

Old Gravesend Cemetery, January 2011
  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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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