New York Marble Cemetery
New York Marble Cemetery | |
The entrance gate on Second Avenue (2011) | |
| Location | 41½ Second Avenue Manhattan, New York City, US |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′32.3″N 73°59′27.5″W / 40.725639°N 73.990972°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1830 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004475 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000558 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | March 4, 1969 |
The New York Marble Cemetery is a burial ground established in 1830 in what is now the East Village of Manhattan. It occupies the interior of the block bounded by 2nd Street, Second Avenue, 3rd Street, and the Bowery. It is entered through an alleyway with an iron gate at each end, located between 41 and 43 Second Avenue. About 2,100 burials are recorded in the cemetery's written registers, most from prominent professional and merchant families in New York City.
The New York Marble Cemetery, which was New York City's first non-sectarian burial place, should not be confused with the nearby New York City Marble Cemetery one block east, which is entirely separate, and was established one year later. Both cemeteries were designated New York City landmarks in 1969, and in 1980 both were added to the National Register of Historic Places.