Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Mount Hope Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	1100 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′53″N78°38′43″W / 35.7647°N 78.6454°W / 35.7647; -78.6454
Area	29.3 acres (11.9 ha)
Built	c. 1872 (1872)
Architect	C.A. Goodwin; et al.
NRHP reference No.	08001292 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 2009

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was established about 1872. The approximate total number of monuments in the cemetery is 1,454, although interment records list over 7,000 individuals. Notable contributing resources include the W. H. Matthews (1828–1902) mausoleum, the front entrance gates and gate posts (c. 1930s), and the garden cemetery landscape design. ^[2] Notable people buried include Gaston Alonzo Edwards.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. M. Ruth Little (February 2008). "Mount Hope Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons
• Mount Hope Cemetery at Find a Grave