Old Church Street Cemetery - 1819
Posted by: boatchick
N 30° 41.183 W 088° 03.058
16R E 399338 N 3395317
Church Street Graveyard is Mobile's oldest existing cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM2773
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2007
Views: 146
The Church Street Cemetery opened in 1819 and was officially closed in 1898. It is located behind the main branch of the Mobile Public Library on Government Street.
The text of the sign reads:
OLD CHURCH STREET CEMETERY - 1819
Established 1819 by city of Mobile for yellow fever victims. Buried in raised tombs are Spanish and French citizens of early Mobile, and many pioneer Americans.
ERECTED BY HISTORIC MOBILE PRESERVATION SOCIETY 1950