Broadway Cemetery Historic District | |
 The Old City Cemetery in Galveston, Texas | |
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| Location | Six city blocks between Broadway Avenue (north) and Avenue L (south) and 43rd Street (west) and 40th Street (east) Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 29°17′37″N 94°48′46″W / 29.2935°N 94.8129°W |
| Area | 15.27 acres (6.18 ha) |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000340[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 2014 |
The Broadway Cemetery Historic District, also known as the Broadway Cemeteries, is a six-block collective of seven separate cemeteries in the city of Galveston, Texas, covering an area of 15.27 acres (6.18 ha).[2] As of 2014[update], an estimated 6,000 people were buried in the district, including multiple prominent Galveston citizens. As of 2014[update], all cemeteries are still accepting new interments, although these are sporadic. The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2014.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Wolfe 2014, p. 4.
- ^ "Broadway Cemetery Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, National Park Service (NPS). May 16, 2014.