Trinity Church Cemetery

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Trinity Church Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Trinity Church Cemetery at Broadway and Wall Street
Trinity Church Cemetery at Broadway and Wall Street
Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Built/Founded: 1697
Governing body: Private cemetery

Trinity Church Cemetery consists of three separate burial grounds associated with Trinity Church in Manhattan, New York, USA. The first was established in the Churchyard located at 74 Trinity Place at Wall Street and Broadway. In 1842, the church, running out of space in its churchyard, established Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum in Upper Manhattan between Broadway and Riverside Drive, at the Chapel of the Intercession (now The Church of the Intercession, New York), formerly the location of John James Audubon's estate. A third burial place is the Churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel.

The burial grounds have been the final resting place for many historic figures since the Churchyard cemetery opened in 1697. A non-denominational cemetery, it is listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places and is the only remaining active cemetery in Manhattan. There are two bronze plaques at the Church of the Intercession cemetery commemorating the Battle of Fort Washington, which included some of the fiercest fighting of the Revolutionary War.

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[edit] Notable burials

[edit] Trinity Churchyard

A cenotaph marker erected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers honoring Robert Fulton at Trinity Church.
A cenotaph marker erected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers honoring Robert Fulton at Trinity Church.

[edit] Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum

[edit] Churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel

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