Barton Heights Cemeteries facts for kids
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Barton Heights Cemeteries
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Barton Heights Cemeteries, July 2011
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 Location in Virginia
Location in the United States
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| Location | 1600 Lamb Ave., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Area | 12.6 acres (5.1 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000364 |
Quick facts for kids Significant dates |
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| Added to NRHP | April 10, 2002 |
Barton Heights Cemeteries is a set of six contiguous historic African-American cemeteries located in Richmond, Virginia. The cemeteries are the Cedarwood, Union Mechanics, Methodist, Sycamore, Ebenezer, and Sons and Daughters of Ham cemeteries. The cemeteries were established between ca. 1815 and ca. 1865. and include hundreds of burials.
The cemeteries were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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