Concordia Cemetery

Concordia Cemetery
The entrance to Concordia Cemetery
Location 438 Walden Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates 42°54′22″N 78°49′10″W / 42.90611°N 78.81944°W / 42.90611; -78.81944Coordinates: 42°54′22″N 78°49′10″W / 42.90611°N 78.81944°W / 42.90611; -78.81944
Area 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built 1859
NRHP Reference # 08000106[1]
Added to NRHP February 28, 2008

Concordia Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It consists of a 15-acre (61,000 m2) rectangular plot and was founded in 1859 by three German congregations; First Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Peter's Evangelical Church, and St. Stephen's Evangelical Church. It has an important association with the immigrant German community in Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

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