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Colonial Park Cemetery (locally and informally known as Colonial Cemetery) is a historic cemetery located in downtown Savannah, Georgia. It became a city park in 1896, 43 years after burials in the cemetery ceased.
- 1750; 273 years ago, (closed to burials in 1853; 170 years ago)
- United States
- Public municipal
Colonial Park Cemetery served as Savannah’s cemetery for more than a century and contains over nine thousand graves. Established in 1750, by 1789 it had been expanded three times to reach its current size.
Sep 10, 2014 · 201 Abercorn. Savannah, GA 31401. Historical Significance: Established in 1750. Oldest intact municipal cemetery in Savannah. Primarily Public cemetery from 1750-1853. DAR Patriots' Arch erected in 1913 (completed in 1914) by the Daughters of the American Revolution to memorialize the Revolutionary War Veterans buried in Colonial Park Cemetery.
A historic cemetery in Savannah with magnolia trees and markers of Colonists (1750-1853). Learn about Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and other famous Georgians.
- 201 E. Oglethorpe St, Savannah, 31401, GA
- (912) 651-6843
About. Get directions 200 Abercorn St. Savannah, GA 31401 USA. Coordinates: 32.07500, -81.08970. www.savannahga.gov/498/Cemeteries. Cemetery ID: 33357. Members have Contributed. 13,466 Memorials. 6% photographed. 2% with gps. About these numbers. Photos. Added by Valerie C. Added by John C. Irish. See 14 more. Cemeteries. Region. North America.
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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For a glimpse of the past in the heart of Savannah’s National Landmark Historic District, stroll through Colonial Park Cemetery, located at the corner of Oglethorpe Avenue and Abercorn Street.
Learn about Savannah's oldest remaining cemetery, where thousands of people were buried from the 1700s to the 1800s. See the tombstones of Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and other notable figures in American history.
