Trinity Church Cemetery

Church of the Intercession and Trinity Church Cemetery

Trinity Church Cemetery at Broadway and Wall Street
Location Trinity Church (shown): 74 Trinity Place
Church of the Intercession: 550 West 155th Street
St. Paul's Chapel: 209 Broadway, New York City, New York
Coordinates 40°42′30″N 74°00′42″W / 40.70833°N 74.01167°W / 40.70833; -74.01167Coordinates: 40°42′30″N 74°00′42″W / 40.70833°N 74.01167°W / 40.70833; -74.01167
Built 1697
NRHP Reference # 80002677

Trinity Church Cemetery consists of three separate burial grounds associated with Trinity Church in New York City. 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.[1] A third burial place is the Churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel.

A no longer extant Trinity Church Cemetery was the Old Saint John's Burying Ground for St. John's Chapel. This location is bounded by Hudson, Leroy and Clarkson Streets near Hudson Square. It was in use from 1806–52 with over 10,000 burials, mostly poor and young. In 1897, it was turned into St. John's Park, with most of the burials left in place. The park was later renamed Hudson Park, and is now James J. Walker Park.[2]

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.[1][3] 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.

Trinity Church Cemetery, along with Broadway, marks the center of the Heritage Rose District of NYC.[4]

Notable burials

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

Trinity Churchyard

Grave of Lt. Colonel Franklin Wharton, USMC

Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum

153rd Street
Riverside Drive
The grave of Alfred Dickens in Trinity Church Cemetery

Churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel

References

  1. 1 2 Julie Besonen (February 6, 2015). "Resting Place for the High and the Low: The Trinity Church Cemetery in Washington Heights Holds Plenty of History". New York Times.
  2. ↑ http://nycemetery.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/st-johns-cemetery/
  3. 1 2 Mary Frances Schjonberg (February 4, 2013). "Former New York Mayor Ed Koch laid to rest in Trinity plot". Episcopal News Service.
  4. ↑ Scott Stringer - Manhattan Borough President. Mbpo.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
  5. ↑ Chernow, Ron (2005-03-29). "Epilogue". Alexander Hamilton. Penguin. ISBN 9781101200858.
  6. ↑ Gilvey, John Anthony (May 1, 2011). Jerry Orbach: Prince of the City - His Way From The Fantastiks to Law & Order. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-42348-845-3.
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