Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Mount Hope Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Location	1100 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°46′58″N 78°38′35″W / 35.78278°N 78.64306°W / 35.78278; -78.64306Coordinates: 35°46′58″N 78°38′35″W / 35.78278°N 78.64306°W / 35.78278; -78.64306
Area	29.3 acres (11.9 ha)
Built	c. 1872 (1872)
Architect	Goodwin, C.A.; et al.
NRHP Reference #	08001292^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 2009

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was established about 1872. The approximate total number of monuments in the cemetery is 1,454, although interment records list over 7,000 individuals. Notable contributing resources include the W. H. Matthews (1828-1902) mausoleum, the front entrance gates and gate posts (c. 1930s), and the garden cemetery landscape design.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ M. Ruth Little (February 2008). "Mount Hope Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

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