County Home Cemetery
Appearance
County Home Cemetery | |
Location | 3010 Heritage Park Rd., Piggott, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°23′11″N 90°12′39″W / 36.38639°N 90.21083°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Built | 1912 |
NRHP reference No. | 04001495[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 22, 2005 |
The County Home Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Heritage Park, on Heritage Park Road in Piggott, Arkansas. The cemetery occupies about 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) in the center of the park, and is marked by a monument and bench. The park and cemetery are located on the former site of the Clay County poor house, built in 1911. The cemetery contains approximately sixty graves, many unmarked, of indigents who died at the home. The buildings of the facility were demolished in 1954, and the cemetery is the principal tangible reminder of its existence.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for County Home Cemetery" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
Categories:
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1912
- Buildings and structures in Clay County, Arkansas
- 1912 establishments in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Arkansas
- Upper Delta Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs