Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland)

Friends Burial Ground
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Location2506 Harford Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°19′5″N 76°35′42″W / 39.31806°N 76.59500°W / 39.31806; -76.59500
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1713 (1713)
NRHP reference No.04001471[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 2005
Designated BCL1999

Friends Burial Ground is a historic Quaker cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the earliest cemetery in Baltimore, established in 1713, and 2.8 acres (11,000 m2) in size. It contains a total of approximately 1,900 small, simple grave markers, arranged in compact rows interspersed with large trees. The graveyard is surrounded by a fieldstone wall 8 feet (2.4 m) high, built in the 1860s, now covered with moss, roses, and ivy.[2]

Friends Burial Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Nicholas Fessenden (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Friends Burial Ground" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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