Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester)
Historic cemetery in Monroe County, New York state / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Hope Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Rochester, New York, founded in 1838. It is the burial site of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Situated on 196 acres (79 ha) of land adjacent to the University of Rochester on Mount Hope Avenue, the cemetery is the permanent resting place of over 350,000 people. The annual growth rate of this cemetery is 500–600 burials per year.
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Established | 1838[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 43°07′40″N 77°36′59″W |
Type | public |
Owned by | City of Rochester |
Size | 196 acres (79 ha) |
No. of graves | 350,000 |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Mount Hope Cemetery |
The Political Graveyard | Mount Hope Cemetery |
Mount Hope Cemetery | |
NRHP reference No. | 100002361 |
Added to NRHP | April 30, 2018 |
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The cemetery hosts the sculpture Defenders of the Flag, a Civil War monument made in 1908 by the American sculptor Sally James Farnham. In 2018 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]