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Charleston Cemeteries Historic District

Coordinates: 32°49′N 79°57′W / 32.817°N 79.950°W / 32.817; -79.950
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Charleston Cemeteries Historic District
Bethany Cemetery chapel
Charleston Cemeteries Historic District is located in South Carolina
Charleston Cemeteries Historic District
Charleston Cemeteries Historic District is located in the United States
Charleston Cemeteries Historic District
LocationHuguenin Ave., roughly bounded by Algonquin Rd., CSXRR, N. Romney & Meeting Sts., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates32°49′N 79°57′W / 32.817°N 79.950°W / 32.817; -79.950
Built1849
NRHP reference No.100001367[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 2017

The Charleston Cemeteries Historic District encompasses a cluster of 23 cemeteries north of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Laid out on either side of Huguenin Street in the northern part of peninsular Charleston, they were laid out between 1849 and 1956, and represented a concentrated diversity in funerary art and cemetery landscape design practices. The oldest cemetery is Magnolia Cemetery, laid out in 1849 in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Historic Preservation News and Notes" (PDF). South Carolina SHPO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

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