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The '''New York City Marble Cemetery''', created in 1831, was the second "[[marble]]" non-sectarian cemetery in [[New York City]]. <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Cemetery for the Living |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0DD1738F932A0575BC0A9659C8B63 |quote=On a quiet side street in the East Village lies the New York City Marble Cemetery, the second nonsectarian cemetery built in Manhattan. Created in 1832 by several enterprising businessmen as a profit-making venture, the cemetery provides a social hub and respite for its neighbors that surpass its original intent. Residents and curious passers-by alike are drawn to the green oasis on East Second Street between First and Second Avenues, sequestered behind an imposing wrought-iron fence and surrounded by a three-sided {{convert|12|ft|m|sing=on}}-high stone wall overhung with ivy. |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=August 31, 2003 |accessdate=2008-03-30 }}</ref> There are 258 burial vaults constructed of Tuckahoe marble on the site. It is not connected to the nearby and slightly older [[New York Marble Cemetery]].
The '''New York City Marble Cemetery''', created in 1831, was the second "[[marble]]" non-sectarian cemetery in [[New York City]]. <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Cemetery for the Living |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0DD1738F932A0575BC0A9659C8B63 |quote=On a quiet side street in the East Village lies the New York City Marble Cemetery, the second nonsectarian cemetery built in Manhattan. Created in 1832 by several enterprising businessmen as a profit-making venture, the cemetery provides a social hub and respite for its neighbors that surpass its original intent. Residents and curious passers-by alike are drawn to the green oasis on East Second Street between First and Second Avenues, sequestered behind an imposing wrought-iron fence and surrounded by a three-sided {{convert|12|ft|m|sing=on}}-high stone wall overhung with ivy. |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=August 31, 2003 |accessdate=2008-03-30 }}</ref> There are 258 burial vaults constructed of [[Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York|Tuckahoe]] marble on the site. It is not connected to the nearby and slightly older [[New York Marble Cemetery]].


It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1969<ref name="guide2nyc">Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; ''Guide to New York City Landmarks'', 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.62.</ref>
It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1969<ref name="guide2nyc">Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; ''Guide to New York City Landmarks'', 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.62.</ref>

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Not to be confused with New York Marble Cemetery.
New York City Marble Cemetery
New York City Marble Cemetery is located in New York
New York City Marble Cemetery
LocationSecond Street, between First and Second Avenues, Manhattan, NYC, New York, USA
Built1832
ArchitectPerkins Nichols
Websitehttp://www.nycmc.org/
NRHP reference No.80002703 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980[2]

The New York City Marble Cemetery, created in 1831, was the second "marble" non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. [3] There are 258 burial vaults constructed of Tuckahoe marble on the site. It is not connected to the nearby and slightly older New York Marble Cemetery.

It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1969[4]

It is occasionally open to the public, especially as part of Openhousenewyork, usually in October.

Notable burials

Former burials

Cemetery tradition holds that the old Dutch graveyards from lower Manhattan were moved to the "Ministers Vault".[5]

References

  1. ^ Template:Nrhp source1
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  3. ^ "A Cemetery for the Living". New York Times. August 31, 2003. Retrieved 2008-03-30. On a quiet side street in the East Village lies the New York City Marble Cemetery, the second nonsectarian cemetery built in Manhattan. Created in 1832 by several enterprising businessmen as a profit-making venture, the cemetery provides a social hub and respite for its neighbors that surpass its original intent. Residents and curious passers-by alike are drawn to the green oasis on East Second Street between First and Second Avenues, sequestered behind an imposing wrought-iron fence and surrounded by a three-sided 12-foot (3.7 m)-high stone wall overhung with ivy. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. & Postal, Matthew A.; Guide to New York City Landmarks, 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN 0-471-36900-4; p.62.
  5. ^ NYC Marble Cemetery History
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