Stonecutters plot, City Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Item information
- Title:
- Stonecutters plot, City Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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North Carolina History
- Subjects:
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Cemeteries
Graves
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buchss0123
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Landscape: Raleigh City Cemetery (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 17 S. East Street
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27601
- Historical note:
- This cemetery was the first designated burying ground in Raleigh, and was authorized as such in 1798. The cemetery is listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Provenance note:
- The cemetery consisted of four acres, originally, divided into one-acre quadrants. It was later enlarged to include a total of over seven acres. The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was added later, and was recycled from capitol square.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Cemeteries
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.779357, -78.632278
- External Resources:
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North Carolina State Preservation Office - City Cemetery National Register Nomination
