Siloam Cemetery

Siloam Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Siloam Chapel
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Location	550 North Valley Avenue Vineland, New Jersey
Area	14.4 acres (5.8 ha)
Architect	H.M. Holbrook
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	100005155 [1] [2]
NJRHP No.	5451 [3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 3, 2020
Designated NJRHP	August 12, 2019

Siloam Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the city of Vineland in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 2020, for its significance in architecture and landscape architecture. ^[4]

The cemetery, located at 550 North Valley Avenue, was established in 1864 on a plot of land donated by Charles K. Landis, the founder of Vineland. A chapel was constructed in 1918 and features Gothic Revival architecture. ^[4] It is located in the center of one of the original sections of the cemetery. Many local residents, some of whom were nationally prominent, are buried there.

Many of Kuban Cossacks exiled from Russian Empire after revolution and settled in Vineland around 1930-1940 are buried in this cemetery. Some of their graves are marked in Cyrillic alphabet also indicating their Cossack army ranks and medals.

Gothic arches

Notable interments

• Henry Herbert Goddard (1866–1957), researcher at Vineland Training School
• Charles K. Landis (1833–1900), founder of Vineland, an attorney, author, and real estate developer
• Jeanette DuBois Meech (1835–1911), evangelist and industrial educator
• Thelma Parkinson (1898–1983), politician, candidate for 1930 special election for the United States Senate, member of the New Jersey State Board of Tax Appeals, member (and later president) of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission 1954 to 1970.
• Mary Treat (1831?–1923), a naturalist who corresponded with Charles Darwin
• Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), developer of Welch's grape juice.
• Portia Gage (1813-1903), organizer with Women's suffrage in New Jersey.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#100005155)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Weekly List 20200403" (PDF). National Park Service. April 3, 2020.
3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cumberland County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 6. listed as the Siloam Cemetery Historic District
4. Susan Panco Medio; Patricia A. McMahon (April 2019). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Siloam Cemetery (Draft) (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 49 photos.

External links

• Media related to Siloam Cemetery (Vineland, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
• Siloam Cemetery at Find a Grave
• Friends of Historic Vineland