Mount Hope Cemetery (Watertown, South Dakota)
Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum | |
Mausoleum at Mount Hope Cemetery, April 2017 | |
| Nearest city | Watertown, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 44°54′59″N 97°5′56″W / 44.91639°N 97.09889°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | South Dakota Mausoleum Corp. |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001500 |
| Added to NRHP | 13 August 1986 |
Mount Hope Cemetery is a municipal cemetery located at 11th Street East and 14th Avenue North, Watertown, South Dakota. Influenced by the 19th century rural cemetery movement, the 40-acres of land that would become the cemetery was purchased by the city from the Winona and St. Peter Railroad for $120. The earliest recorded burial was in 1881. As of April 2017, there have been about 12,300 interments at Mount Hope.