Eastside Historic Cemetery District

Eastside Historic Cemetery District
Mount Elliott Cemetery front gate, built 1882
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LocationDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates42°20′59″N 83°1′5″W / 42.34972°N 83.01806°W / 42.34972; -83.01806
Built1841
NRHP reference No.82000550[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1982

The Eastside Historic Cemetery District is a historic district bounded by Elmwood Avenue, Mt. Elliott Avenue, Lafayette Street, and Waterloo Street in Detroit, Michigan. The district consists of three separate cemeteries: Mount Elliott Cemetery (Catholic, established 1841), Elmwood Cemetery (Protestant, established 1846), and the Lafayette Street Cemetery (Jewish, established 1850).[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Eastside Historic Cemetery District". Detroit1701.org.