Mount Albion Cemetery
Historic rural cemetery in New York state / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Albion Cemetery is located on New York State Route 31 in the Town of Albion, New York, United States, east of the village of Albion, which owns and operates it. It is a rural cemetery established in the 1840s on a glacial drumlin.
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Established | September 7, 1843 |
Location | |
Country | US |
Coordinates | 43.2394°N 78.1556°W / 43.2394; -78.1556 |
Type | Municipal |
Owned by | Village of Albion |
Size | 70 acres (28 ha).[1] |
No. of graves | 20,000+ |
Website | Mount Albion Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Mount Albion Cemetery |
The Political Graveyard | Mount Albion Cemetery |
Architect | Marvin Porter |
NRHP reference No. | 76001261 |
Added to NRHP | September 27, 1976 |
From its original 25 acres (10 ha), it has almost tripled in size. Graves are on terraces in the rolling terrain. Tall trees, including some locally rare species,[1] maintain a parklike atmosphere. Its notable monuments include a local Civil War memorial, a chapel and entrance arch. The dead buried there include Rufus Bullock, the first Republican Governor of Georgia and nine congressmen from two other states beside New York.
In 1976 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. It was the first property in Orleans County listed on the Register, and is so far the only one in the Town of Albion.