Washington Street Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Ontario County, New York

United States historic place


Washington Street Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

42°51′44″N 76°59′27″W / 42.86222°N 76.99083°W / 42.86222; -76.99083
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1832
NRHP reference No.	02000616^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 04, 2002

Washington Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. The cemetery was laid out in 1832 and the entry is distinguished by a handsome cast iron arch dating from the 1840s / 1850s. It contains about 2,200 burials dating from 1832 to the 1950s.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

Notable burial

Eliakim Sherrill
Samuel Miles Hopkins
Joseph Gardner Swift the first graduate of West Point Military Academy

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Nancy L. Todd (March 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Washington Street Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".