Union Cemetery (Greensboro, North Carolina)

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Union Cemetery
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Location900 blook S. Elm St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′31″N79°47′29″W / 36.05861°N 79.79139°W / 36.05861; -79.79139 Coordinates: 36°3′31″N79°47′29″W / 36.05861°N 79.79139°W / 36.05861; -79.79139
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1882 (1882)
MPS Greensboro MPS
NRHP reference No. 93001142 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1993

Union Cemetery, also known as South Elm Street Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The cemetery for African-Americans was established in 1882. Union retains 97 gravemarkers with death dates from 1882 to 1940. The majority of the markers date between 1901 and 1917, when the city of Greensboro closed the cemetery. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kaye Graybeal (March 1993). "Union Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.