The Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery is located in
. Opened in 1849, Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery is one of a group of
historic cemeteries in New Orleans. The cemetery features
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ...
and
Exotic Revival architecture. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in May 1980. Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery is not open to the public.
History
Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery is the oldest Fraternal Cemetery in New Orleans. Land for the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery was purchased for $700 in 1847 by the members of the Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd ...
.
The cemetery was officially opened in 1849 as a burial place for members of the Odd Fellows and their families. The first interments in the cemetery took place at the opening ceremony in 1849, where the remains of 16 members of the Odd Fellows were disinterred from other cemeteries and reinterred at Odd Fellows. Due to the 1853
Yellow Fever Pandemic burials were opened persons outside the Order of the Odd Fellows.
Today the cemetery is closed to the public to prevent vandalism. The Herb Import Company shares the cemetery's address and leases the location from the Odd Fellows.
See also
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
References
External links
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Odd Fellows Rest*
5055 Canal St.
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana
1849 establishments in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in New Orleans
Odd Fellows cemeteries in the United States
Odd Fellows buildings in Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in New Orleans
Cemeteries established in the 1840s
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