Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)

	Mount Hope Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	File:Mount Hope Cemetery, Raleigh.jpg Entrance
	Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) is located in the United States Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Location	1100 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′53″N 78°38′43″W / 35.7647°N 78.6454°W
Area	29.3 acres (11.9 ha)
Built	c. 1872
Architect	C.A. Goodwin; et al.
NRHP reference No.	08001292
Added to NRHP	January 8, 2009

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was established about 1872. The approximate total number of monuments in the cemetery is 1,454, although interment records list over 7,000 individuals. Notable contributing resources include the W. H. Matthews (1828–1902) mausoleum, the front entrance gates and gate posts (c. 1930s), and the garden cemetery landscape design.^[2] Notable people buried include Gaston Alonzo Edwards. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ M. Ruth Little (February 2008). "Mount Hope Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

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[nris-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] M. Ruth Little (February 2008). "Mount Hope Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

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