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Decatur Cemetery

  • Also Known As: Old Decatur Cemetery also Decatur City Cemetery
  • Address: 229 Bell St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Scott, Robert et al. Architect
Pauley, W.C. Architect
1826/00/00
1864/00/00
1881/00/00

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Particulars for Decatur Cemetery:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Historic Use Battle site
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Historic Use Cemetery
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Monument



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 23rd May 1997

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Decatur Cemetery
Registry Address: 229 Bell St.
Registry Number: 97000459
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Scott, Robert et al.; Pauley, W.C.
Area in Acres: 58
Non-Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Non-Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Art, Community Planning and Development, Black, Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery
Significant Year: 1826, 1864, 1881
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape, Defense, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Battle site, Cemetery, Monument, Marker
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery Monument, Marker

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