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Salem Cemetery (other)
Salem Cemetery may refer to various cemeteries, all in the United States ''(shown alphabetically by State)'': *Salem Memorial Park, Colma, California *Old Salem Church and Cemetery, Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland *Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Massachusetts *Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts *Salem Methodist Episcopal Church and Salem Walker Cemetery, Salem, Michigan *Salem Cemetery, Racine Township, Mower County, Minnesota *Salem Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri *St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Salem, New Jersey *Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York *Salem Welsh Church, Freedom, New York *Revolutionary War Cemetery, also called the Old Salem Burying Ground, Salem, New York *Salem Union Church and Cemetery, Maiden, North Carolina *Salem Cemetery (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) *Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Oregon *City View Cemetery, Salem, Oregon *Salem Cemetery, Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio, Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Memorial Park
Salem Memorial Park and Garden was founded in 1891, originally as the New Salem Cemetery, and is located at 1711 California State Route 82, El Camino Real in Colma, California. History Congregation Beth Israel-Judea, Congregation Beth Israel had consecrated a portion of Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California), City Cemetery in San Francisco as Sholom or Salem Cemetery on December 2, 1877. City Cemetery was mainly used to bury immigrants and the indigent, with the vast majority of those interred being Chinese immigrants to California; the site is now occupied by the golf course in Lincoln Park (San Francisco), Lincoln Park and the Legion of Honor (museum), Legion of Honor museum. Public sentiment against burials in San Francisco began in the early 1890s, culminating in a ban on new burials by 1902. Congregation Beth Israel proactively purchased in Colma for the New Salem Cemetery from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in October 1891, and a ceremony was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Salem Church And Cemetery
Old Salem Church and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran Church and adjacent cemetery located at Catonsville, Maryland, Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The main part of the 1849 Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival church building is a three bay, irregular stone structure approximately 28 feet wide and 42 feet long. It features a gable roof, a short boxy steeple, an entrance porch at the front and an apse at the rear. The interior features a gallery and organ loft has the original Organ (music), tracker organ, which is still hand pumped by a wooden lever on the north side of the case. From early on, the ground to the south of the church was laid out as a cemetery. The church was founded by German American, German Lutheran immigrants. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. References External links * * * , including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust Catonsville, Maryland Churches in Baltimore County, Maryland German-Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Street Burying Ground
Salem Street Burying Ground is a cemetery located at the intersection of Salem Street and Riverside Avenue in Medford, Massachusetts. The Salem Street Burying Ground was used exclusively from the late 17th century to the late 19th century for the burial of the town's wealthy. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The Salem Street Burying Ground was originally the private cemetery of the Wade family. It was acquired by the town of Medford in May 1717. The earliest stone is dated 1683 and the latest 1881. Records indicate that there are six hundred people buried there, but there are only 485 markers. There are several known reasons for this discrepancy. During the 17th century, one gravestone often marked the burial place of several members of the same family. The final resting place of no less than four members of the Wade family is marked by a single large, brown, slate block; among the largest in the burial ground. Similarly, near the Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Harmony Grove Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. It was established in 1840 and is located at 30 Grove Street. The cemetery is approximately 35 acres in size and was designed by Francis Peabody and Alexander Wadsworth. The cemetery includes the Gothic revival Blake Memorial Chapel of 1905. Notable burials * James Armstrong (1794–1868), American Commodore * Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), American Impressionist artist * John Prentiss Benson (1865–1947), Maritime paintings artist * William Bentley (1759–1819), Unitarian minister and diarist * Captain John Bertram (1796–1882) Founder of Salem Hospitalbr> When John Bertram died in March 1882, his widow donated their home, Chestnut Street District#John Bertram Mansion, John Bertram Mansion, a High Style Italianate brick and brownstone mansion that was built at 370 Essex Streeand this became the Salem Public LibraryIn addition Salem Common Historic District (Salem, Massachusetts)#John Bertram Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church And Salem Walker Cemetery
The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church (also known as the Salem Walker Church) and associated Salem Walker Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery located at 7150 Angle Road, in Salem Township, Michigan with a postal designation of Northville, Michigan. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register in 1992 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1991. The church is significant as one of the least-altered Greek Revival churches existing in the state of Michigan. History The first settlers in Salem Township arrived in 1825. The first burial in the Salem Walker Cemetery took place in 1834. The congregation of the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church formed in the mid-19th century, and met at various places in the township until the 25 members constructed a church adjacent to the cemetery in 1864. The congregation grew to about 60 by 1880, but later declined. Services continued at the church until 1912, after which the congregation abandoned it. In 1908, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racine Township, Mower County, Minnesota
Racine Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 445 at the time of the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Racine with a population of 442 as of the 2010 census.. All other area in the township is unincorporated. History Racine Township was organized in 1858. The old village of Hamilton was once located about two miles southeast of the town of Racine in the northeast corner of section 1 (the east half of the village was in Fillmore County). Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.0 km), all land. Demographics At the 2000 census, there were 445 people, 165 households and 128 families residing in the township. The population density was 12.4 per square mile (4.8/km). There were 175 housing units at an average density of 4.9/sq mi (1.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.88% White, 0.22% African American, 0.22% Asian, and 0.67% f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal cities of the Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Alexander County, Illinois, Bollinger County, Missouri and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri and has a population of 97,517. The city is the economic center of Southeast Missouri and also the home of Southeast Missouri State University. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. History The city is named after Jean Baptiste de Girardot, who established a temporary trading post in the area around 1733. He was a French soldier stationed at Kaskaskia between 1704 and 1720 in the French colony of ''La Louisiane''. The "Cape" in the city name referred to a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River; it was later destroye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
