Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)

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Cedar Hill Cemetery
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Cedar Hill Cemetery gatehouse in 2010
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Established1850
Location
5800 Frankford Ave.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country United States
Coordinates 40°01′27″N75°04′29″W / 40.02417°N 75.07472°W / 40.02417; -75.07472 Coordinates: 40°01′27″N75°04′29″W / 40.02417°N 75.07472°W / 40.02417; -75.07472
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Cedar Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established by a company incorporated on March 25, 1850. [1] The main gatehouse was built in 1869. [2]

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References

  1. Scharf, John Thomas (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p.  2360 . Retrieved 6 September 2019. moriah.
  2. Spector, Gus (2008). Philadelphia Neighborhoods -. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9781439636183 . Retrieved 6 September 2019.