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New York Marble Cemetery via Garrett Ziegler/Flickr. There are only 11 cemeteries remaining in all of Manhattan, and only one, the New York Marble Cemetery, has sold burial plots to the public –...
Feb 20, 2020 · The cemetery still bears the name Trinity, and straddles the avenue at 155th Street. It has been active since 1843 and still accepts interments today, according to the New York Times.
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The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838, and is one of New York’s National Historic Landmarks because of its beautiful landscape, architecture, art and history! Years before it became a cemetery, it was even e revolutionary war historic site, where the Battle of Long Island was fought in 1776. In it’s almost 500 acres, you can find largest outd...
Trinity Church is one of the most well-known churches in New York, maybe because of it’s location, since it’s just steps from the World Trade Center. As soon as you exit Wall Street’s 4 and 5 subway line (green line), you’ll immediately see people photographing the location. There’s no way to miss it! It’s a historic Episcopal church & cemetery, da...
Alexander Hamilton: Maybe the most famous name there. Hamilton is one of the 7 Founding Fathers of the United States. The other 6 are: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Jam...Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: Alexander Hamilton’s wife. Her sister, Angelica, is also buried there.John Jacob Astor IV: Remember we talked about him on our video about a super cool Underground Subway Tour? He’s part of renowned Astor family and was one of the passengers aboard the Titanic. Durin...Robert Fulton: He was a great engineer and the creator of the 1st commercial steamboat, named The North River Steamboat of Clermonts, in 1807. That obviously gave birth to a new transportation moda...Oct 30, 2013 · Manhattan is still dotted with several interesting historic cemeteries, such as the First Shearith Israel Graveyard at 55-57 St. James Place ( pictured below, between 1870-1910 ). But a great many other burial grounds once existed but were removed due to new developments. And in several cases they even left the bodies behind!
Oct 25, 2010 · Liberty Place (at Maiden Lane), Manhattan. 1700-1823. This burial ground served New York’s first Quaker congregation, formerly called the Little Green Street Burial Ground of the Society of Friends (Liberty Place was once known as Little Green Street). Its location is currently in the shadow of the New York Federal Reserve.
Aug 6, 2013 · New York Marble Cemetery. Dubbed " the smallest burial ground in Manhattan ," Marble Cemetery is surprisingly well-known considering its size and its extremely small and subtle entrance gates....
Karl and Zita’s son Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria, requested that his heart be buried in the crypt of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma in Hungary. His body was interred in the Imperial Crypt at the Capuchin Church.