Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland)
Friends Burial Ground | |
| Location | 2506 Harford Rd., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′5″N 76°35′42″W / 39.31806°N 76.59500°W |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1713 |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001471 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 2005 |
| Designated BCL | 1999 |
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.
Friends Burial Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.