Rosemary Cemetery

Rosemary Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates	27°20′42″N82°32′37″W / 27.34500°N 82.54361°W / 27.34500; -82.54361
Built	1886
NRHP reference No.	03001143 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 16, 2003

The Rosemary Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. The cemetery is located at the northwest corner of the original plat of the town of Sarasota. ^[2]

History

The cemetery was acquired by the town of Sarasota in 1903. The cemetery is a significant indicator of the early settlement as it is the first public cemetery in Sarasota and the oldest extant man-made landscape feature in the city. ^[1]

On November 16, 2003, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places after Uzi Baram, anthropology professor at New College of Florida and Susan Lynn White, Sarasota County Archaeologist, surveyed and documented the cemetery. The City of Sarasota updated signage for the cemetery, using Baram's suggestions as Director of the New College Public Archaeology Lab, in 2014

Notable burials

• Owen Burns, businessman and community leader
• John Hamilton Gillespie, ^[3] Sarasota's first mayor

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Rosemary Cemetery". Sarasota History Alive. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
3. "John Hamilton Gillespie". Sarasota History Alive!. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

External links

• Rosemary Cemetery at Find a Grave
• Sarasota County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Rosemary Project: Sarasota's Living and Dead History at New College of Florida faculty link for Uzi Baram