Nashville City Cemetery | |
Location | 1001 4th Ave. S. Nashville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°8′50″N 86°46′11″W / 36.14722°N 86.76972°W |
Built | 1822 |
Architect | William Strickland |
NRHP reference No. | 72001235 |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1972 |
Nashville City Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of Nashville's prominent historical figures are buried there. It includes the tombs of 22,000 people, 6,000 of whom were African Americans.