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Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Baltimore
Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland)
Location in Baltimore
Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland)
Location in Maryland
Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in the United States
Friends Burial Ground (Baltimore, Maryland)
Location in the United States
Location 2506 Harford Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Area 2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1713 (1713)
NRHP reference No. 04001471
Added to NRHP January 12, 2005

Friends Burial Ground is a historic Quaker cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the earliest cemetery in Baltimore, established in 1713, and 2.8 acres (11,000 m2) in size. It contains a total of approximately 1,900 small, simple grave markers, arranged in compact rows interspersed with large trees. The graveyard is surrounded by a fieldstone wall 8 feet (2.4 m) high, built in the 1860s, now covered with moss, roses, and ivy.

Friends Burial Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

  • Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore City, including photo dated 2002, Maryland Historical Trust
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