Magnolia Cemetery including Mobile National Cemetery | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Magnolia_Cemetery_Mobile_Alabama_7.JPG) Neoclassical-style statuary monument for Eliza Bleecker. | |
| Location | Ann and Virginia Streets, Mobile, Alabama, US |
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| Coordinates | 30°40′32″N 88°03′53″W / 30.67556°N 88.06472°W |
| Built | 1836 |
| Architectural style | Funerary |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003757[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1986 |
Magnolia Cemetery is a historic city cemetery located in Mobile, Alabama. Filled with many elaborate Victorian-era monuments, it spans more than 100 acres (40 ha).[3] It served as Mobile's primary, and almost exclusive, burial place during the 19th century.[3] It is the final resting place for many of Mobile's 19th- and early 20th-century citizens. The cemetery is roughly bounded by Frye Street to the north, Gayle Street to the east, and Ann Street to the west.[4] Virginia Street originally formed the southern border before the cemetery was expanded and now cuts east–west through the center of the cemetery.[4] Magnolia contains more than 80,000 burials and remains an active, though very limited, burial site today.[3][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Alabama – Mobile County". Nationalhistoricalregister.com. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Welcome to the Magnolia Cemetery Website". Magnolia Cemetery website. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
- ^ a b Sledge, John Sturdivant. Cities of Silence: A Guide to Mobile's Historic Cemeteries, pp. 24–26. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2002.
- ^ "The Story of Magnolia Cemetery". City of Mobile. Retrieved November 18, 2007.