Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)

Fairview Cemetery

Fairview Cemetery, March 2013
Location VA 522, approx. 1/2 mi. W of Main St., Culpeper, Virginia
Coordinates 38°28′52″N 78°00′19″W / 38.48111°N 78.00528°W / 38.48111; -78.00528Coordinates: 38°28′52″N 78°00′19″W / 38.48111°N 78.00528°W / 38.48111; -78.00528
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)
Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP Reference # 05001521[1]
VLR # 023-5041
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 11, 2006
Designated VLR September 8, 2004[2]

Fairview Cemetery, also known as Citizens' Cemetery and Antioch Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It was established in 1855. The property includes a contributing mid-19th-century municipal cemetery, an early-20th-century African-American cemetery, a monument to Confederate dead (1881), an enclosure wall, and a caretaker’s lodge.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Evelyn D. Causey (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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