Mount Mora Cemetery

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Mount Mora Cemetery
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Entrance on Mount Mora Street
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Location824 Mount Mora Rd., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates 39°46′33″N94°50′31″W / 39.77583°N 94.84194°W / 39.77583; -94.84194
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
ArchitectPowell, W. Angelo; Noyes, John
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 06000626 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 2006

Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express. [2] In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals.

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The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006. [1]

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Notable interments

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Barbara Turner (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Mora Cemetery" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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