Everything about New York City Marble Cemetery totally explained
The
New York City Marble Cemetery, created in 1831, was the second "
marble" non-sectarian cemetery in
New York City. There are 258 burial vaults constructed of Tuckahoe marble on the site. It isn't connected to the nearby and slightly older
New York Marble Cemetery.
It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1969
It is occasionally open to the public, especially as part of
Openhousenewyork, usually in October.
Notable burials
- Stephen Allen, mayor of New York City and governor of New York State
- James Lenox, whose library along with the Astor and Tilden libraries formed the New York Public Library
- Isaac Varian, mayor of New York City (1839-1841)
- Marinus Willet, hero of the Revolutionary War and Mayor of New York City (1807-1808)
- James Henry Roosevelt, founder of Roosevelt Hospital
- Moses Taylor, financier and backer of the Atlantic Cable
- John Lloyd Stephens, archeologist focused on Mayan culture
- David Sherwood Jackson, Congressman (1847-1849)
- Edward Elmer Potter, Civil War Brigadier General
Former burials
- James Monroe, president of the United States (subsequently moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1858)
- John Ericsson, designer of USS Monitor (subsequently moved to Sweden in 1890)
Supposedly the old Dutch graveyards from lower
Manhattan were moved to the "Ministers Vault"
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