Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery

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Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Newport, Rhode Island
Built/Founded:	1640
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style(s):	Beaux Arts, Other, Romanesque
Added to NRHP:	May 01, 1974
NRHP Reference#:	74000044 [1]
Governing body:	Private

Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island was founded in 1640 and contains over 5,000 graves including a colonial era slave cemetery and Jewish cemetery. The cemetery was added to the National Historic Register in 1974.^[1]

[edit] Prominent people buried in the Cemetery

• Richard Morris Hunt, architect of Gilded age
• Ida Lewis (lighthouse keeper)
• Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Admiral during Japanese expedition
• Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Admiral in War of 1812

[edit] References and external links

• Colonial Slave Cemetery information
• History of Newport County, Rhode Island," ed. Richard M. Bayles, NY, 1888 (description of common cemetery)
• NPS site official info

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