Defunct cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Monument Cemetery
The Gothic gatehouse to Monument Cemetery (circa 1868) was designed by John Sartain.
Details
Established
1837
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Type
private
Size
20 acres[1]
No. of graves
28,000[2]
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Monument Cemetery
Map of cemetery circa 1839
Monument Cemetery was a rural cemetery located at the current day intersection of Broad and Berks Street in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1956. It was the second rural cemetery in Philadelphia after Laurel Hill Cemetery. It was approximately 20 acres in size and contained 28,000 burials. It had a grand gothic gatehouse and a 67-foot high obelisk monument to George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette designed by John Sartain at the center of the cemetery.
By the 1950s, the cemetery had fallen into disrepair and was sold to Temple University and the Philadelphia Board of Education. Approximately 28,000 bodies were reinterred to Lawnview Memorial Park but only 300 with their original tombstones. Many of the remaining headstones, and the monument, were used as riprap during the construction of the Betsy Ross Bridge and can be seen on the shores of the Delaware River at low tide. The land is now part of the campus of Temple University and Carver High School.
^Bowen, Daniel (1839). A History of Philadelphia. Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books. pp. 102–110. ISBN 978-1-4290-2218-7. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^Dembele, Marian (11 November 2014). "Before there was Geasey, there were tombstones". www.temple-news.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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