Marble Cemetery East Village

About 2 100 burials are recorded in the cemetery s written.

Marble cemetery east village.

The new york marble cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1830 and located in the interior of the block bound by east 2nd and 3rd streets 2nd avenue and bowery in the east village neighborhood of manhattan new york city it is entered through an alleyway with an iron gate at each end located between 41 and 43 second avenue. The new york city marble cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1831 and located at 52 74 east 2nd street between first and second avenues in the east village neighborhood of manhattan new york city the cemetery has 258 underground burial vaults constructed of tuckahoe marble on the site. The new york city marble cemetery which was the city s second non sectarian burial place should. New york city marble cemetery.

Established in 1332 it was used as a place of interment by some of new york s oldest families. The nymc along with the nearby new york city marble cemetery nycmc were developed by the same person perkins nichols beginning in 1830 when east 2nd street was still considered uptown. It is entered through iron gates protecting both ends of a long passage between nos. And in the east village there are two such early burial grounds hidden among the townhouses and tenements the new york marble cemetery on the west side of second avenue just above second street.

New york marble cemetery organized in 1830 and new york city marble cemetery from 1832 are not two locations of the same cemetery but separate organizations. East village manhattan this obscure and dignified cemetery once located in a fashionable neighborhood is largely surrounded by houses and tenements today. Though the history is interesting the cemetery is fairly small and not open to the public at most times so it s really more of a quick stop by not necessarily worth a full visit. A donation is requested for this service.

Although we have a small endowment it is not enough to maintain the cemetery as it could be or even should be. To confuse people through the centuries two independent cemeteries with similar names were built by the same developer perkins nichols at second second in 1830. The marble cemetery hidden among one of the east side s side streets is the resting place of some city royalty in an unexpected place. Around the corner on east second street is the new york city marble cemetery.

The other marble cemetery is located at between 2 nd avenue 1 st avenue one block away from new york marble cemetery located adjacent to 43 second avenue. The ny marble cemetery nymc is unique in new york city in that it contains no freestanding gravestones and never has had them. The new york city marble cemetery is a small jewel of beauty and peace. 4 and 43 second avenue.