New York Marble Cemetery

"New York Marble Cemetery is the oldest non-denominational public
burial ground in the city.

The half-acre Greek Revival-style garden is hidden in the interior of the block, accessible through iron gates and a 100-foot private alley. It is surrounded by 12-foot-tall Tuckahoe marble walls. There are no individual markers on the lawn, however marble plaques in the wall name the original merchant families whose 156 underground private burial chambers collectively hold the remains of more than 2,000 former New Yorkers. The deep underground vaults are not accessible to the public, the names, achievements and occupations of the dead are all detailed in the cemetery’s registers"

Descendents of the original vault owners can still be buried here.

ABOUT

Our Misson

To honor the contributions that the Cemetery’s founders made to New York City and the Nation, the trustee’s mission is:

  • To maintain this resting place for vault holders and their descendants;
  • To restore this Landmark as an open space, and
  • To achieve financial sustainability for the future.

(adopted by the Trustees April 26, 2019)

Our History

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Some Interesting Ancestors Of New York Marble Cemetery

Read some stories about the ancestors buried at New York Marble Cemetery and the interesting lives they led.

The cemetery, incorporated in 1831, was the first non-sectarian burial place in New York City open to the public. The organizer was Perkins Nichols, with Anthony Dey and George W. Strong handling the conveyances. Its popularity was so great that another one – the New York City Marble Cemetery – was soon built just around the corner. Although there are many similarities between the two, they have always been independent of each other. The entrance is through two pairs of wrought iron gates in a narrow alley, affording just a glimpse of the grounds, at what was once known as 41½ Second Avenue. The quiet, half-acre site on lower Manhattan was chosen because it was on the northern edge of development and was in an area which already had a number of church cemeteries.

In response to fears about yellow fever outbreaks, recent legislation had outlawed earth graves, so marble vaults the size of small rooms were built ten feet underground in the excavated interior of the block bounded by Second Avenue, Second Street, Third Street and the Bowery. Access to the 156 family vaults was by the removal of stone slabs set below the grade of the lawn. Vaults are in pairs; there are no catacombs or passages connecting them.  Markers were never placed on the ground; instead, marble plaques set into the Cemetery’s long north and south walls give the names of the families interred nearby.

Several of the original owner’s certificates issued in 1832 still survive.

The first of the 2,000 burials recorded was a child of Dr. Post in 1830, the last, Charles Janeway VanZandt in 1937. Half of the older caskets were tiny, holding children aged six and under. Contagious diseases such as scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough, as well as infections for which there were not yet antibiotics (erysipelas, pneumonia, cholera, etc.) contributed to a level of early mortality fortunately forgotten in most parts of the world. What would be termed symptoms today were then considered primary causes of death: dropsy (edema), congestion or inflammation of the lungs or brain, and dysentery or diarrhea. For adults, the leading cause of death by far was tuberculosis, then known as consumption or phthisis pulmonalis. A surprising number of people who reached maturity, however, lived into their eighties and nineties, and invariably died of “old age.”One of the walls once held a plaque which noted that this was a “place of interment for gentlemen.” The vault holders, though, did not all start life in well-to-do families, and there was as much new money as old represented. Many were the sons of New England yeomen and several were immigrants, but each had earned an admired place in his business or profession. Among them were American art patron Luman Reed, philanthropist Anson G. Phelps, Uriah Scribner of the publishing family, Mayor Aaron Clark, Congressman James Tallmadge, and Benjamin Wright, Father of American Civil Engineering. Others have names recognized today by anyone travelling through the city, such as Dey, Hoyt, Mott, and Varick.

Vault Key
Some vaults require keys, several of which are still extant.

Starting in 1838, rural cemeteries quickly became the preference of most New York families. Not only did the next generation provide for its immediate families with plots in these places, but many older remains were moved out of lower Manhattan and reinterred. Removals were from cemeteries that were still functioning as well as churchyards that were being closed down. The Marble Cemetery contributed to this trend, losing over one third of its inhabitants, many of them to Green-Wood in nearby Brooklyn.

The Cemetery is showing its age. Tuckahoe marble from Westchester County, also seen at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Century Club, Brooklyn Borough Hall,and the US Capitol, is soft and particularly susceptible to weathering. It was used for the vaults, plaques and lintels and gave the Cemetery its name. Fifty years ago, the deteriorating Dead House was demolished. The masonry work of the distinctive rubble walls is in need of extensive repair, and plans are in place for doing this in stages. The Cemetery has been designated a New York City Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Because it is a Sec. 501 (c) (13) corporation, all contributions toward restoration are tax deductible.

NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY – CAUSES OF DEATH

Painting by Charles Robert Leslie, 1829. Sarah Dillwyn’s Deathbed.
Courtesy Swansea Museum Collection

The Cemetery registers note the cause of death for most burials.

This list is in order of frequency. The first 12 diseases caused half of all deaths.

  1. Phthisis or Consumption (TB)
  2. Still-birth
  3. Scarlet fever or Scarlatina
  4. Dropsy or Hydrothorax (Edema)
  5. Apoplexy (Stroke)
  6. Dysentary
  1. Phthisis or Consumption (TB)
  2. Still-birth
  3. Scarlet fever or Scarlatina
  4. Dropsy or Hydrothorax (Edema)
  5. Apoplexy (Stroke)
  6. Dysentary
  7. Croup
  8. Hydrocephalus
  9. Cholera infantum
  10. Inflammation of the lungs
  11. Debility or Asthenia
  12. Heart disease
  13. Convulsions
  14. Cancer, Tumor, or Carcinoma
  15. Old age or Decay of life
  16. Inflammation of the bowels
  17. Cholera or Ch. asiatica
  18. Congestion of the brain
  19. Marasmus, Inanition, Cachexia
  20. Accidental death
  21. Childbed or Puerpural fever
  22. Pneumonia
  23. Inflammation of the brain
  24. Whooping cough or Pertussis
  25. Erysipelas (“St. Anthony’s Fire”)
  26. Bronchitis
  27. Liver disease
  28. Measles or Rubeola
  29. Bilious fever
  30. Typhus
  31. Diarrhea
  32. Meningitis, Phrenitis, Brain fever
  33. Paralysis
  34. Remittent or Remitting fever
  35. Teething
  36. Diptheria
  37. Peritonitis
  38. Typhoid
  39. Premature birth
  40. Enteritis or Gastric enteritis
  41. Tabes mesenterica
  42. Congestion of the lungs
  43. Lung disease
  44. Hæmorrhage
  45. Kidney disease or Nephritis
  46. Softening of the brain
  47. Bright’s disease
  48. Effusion of the brain
  1. Hypertrophy of the heart
  2. Nervous fever or complaint
  3. Rheumatism
  4. Sore throat or Quinsy
  5. Suicide
  6. Angina pectoris
  7. Exhaustion
  8. Influenza
  9. Palsy or Tremor
  10. Blood vessel burst
  11. Bowel complaint
  12. Carditis or Pericarditis
  13. Dyspepsia or Indigestion
  14. Epilepsy or Fits
  15. Fever
  16. Gastritis
  17. Inflammation of the stomach
  18. Smallpox or Varioloid
  19. Abscess
  20. Albuminuria
  21. Asthma
  22. Congestion of the liver
  23. Continued or Congestive fever
  24. Constipation
  25. Cyanosis
  26. Diabetes
  27. Gangrene
  28. Hepatitis
  29. Malaria
  30. Pleuritis or Pleurisy
  31. Purpura (Scurvy)
  32. Schirrus (Hard organ or tumor)
  33. Ulceration of the throat
  34. Arnemia
  35. Ascites (Hydroperitoneum)
  36. Bladder disease
  37. Carbuncle (Boils)
  38. Catarrh
  39. Delirium
  40. Flux infantile
  41. Gout
  42. Hemiplegia or Paraplegia
  43. Hernia
  44. Jaundice
  45. Phlebitis
  46. Rheumatic fever
  47. Sarcoma
  48. Senectus or Senility
  1. Septicemia or Pyaemia
  2. Suffocation
  3. Ulceration of the bowels
  4. Anasarca (Massive edema)
  5. Aneurism
  6. Aphtha or Sprue (Thrush)
  7. Arachnitis (Meningitis)
  8. Asphyxia
  9. Astrophia
  10. Chlorosis (Anemia)
  11. Chorea (Spasms)
  12. Compression of the brain
  13. Cystitis
  14. Defective organization
  15. Effusion of the lungs
  16. Embolism
  17. Empresmas pneumanitis
  18. Feebleness of birth
  19. Fistula
  20. Fractured thigh
  21. Gastralgia
  22. Hæmerrophysis
  23. Hæmoptisis (Spitting blood)
  24. Hæmatemesis (Vomiting blood)
  25. Hives
  26. Hydropericardia
  27. Ilisis
  28. Intemperance
  29. Malformation
  30. Membris carditis
  31. Mental derangement
  32. Milk crust ( Vesicular eczema)
  33. Mitral stenosis
  34. Mortification
  35. Otitis (Ear inflammation)
  36. Perforation of the stomach
  37. Prostration
  38. Pulmony
  39. Rachitis (Rickets)
  40. Ramollisement
  41. Scrofula (“King’s Evil”)
  42. Stricture of the colon
  43. Syncope (Fainting)
  44. Tetanus
  45. Tonsilitis
  46. Winneplegia
  47. Womb complaint
  48. Wrengitis
  49. Yellow fever

Our Misson

To honor the contributions that the Cemetery’s founders made to New York City and the Nation, the trustee’s mission is:

  • To maintain this resting place for vault holders and their descendants;
  • To restore this Landmark as an open space, and
  • To achieve financial sustainability for the future.

(adopted by the Trustees April 26, 2019)

1831-1832        John Hone
1831-1834        Benjamin Lincoln Swan
1831-1845        Benjamin Strong
1831-1846        Robert Center
1831-1839        Nathaniel Richards
1832-1834        George Griswold
1834-1836        Henry Beeckman
1834-1854        Henry Floyd Tallmadge
1834-1856        Augustin Averill
1845-1848        Paul Spofford
1846-1866        George Stillman Robbins
1846-1849        John Fitz Randolph
1848-1849        Henry W. Olcott
1849-1861        Waldron Blaau Post
1849-1852        George Dwight Phelps
1852-1861        Silas Holmes
1854-1865        Paul Spofford
1856-1861        Silas Brown
1861-1867        Israel Russell
1861-1865        William Williams Chester
1861-1873        Oliver Smith Strong
1865-1883        Hartman Markoe
1865-1897        Frederick W. Downer
1865-1888        Jabez H. Hazard
1868-1891        George DeForest Lord
1869-1893        Francis H. Weeks

The minutes are sketchy between 1870 and 1906, so years of service
may be slightly inaccurate and some names may even be missing.

1890-1893        — Vanevery [?]`
1893-1896        Franklin B. Lord
1893-1896        Robert Olyphant
1897-1906        Daniel Parish, Jr., sole trustee and supporter

1905-1906        Reorganization Committee
John Hone
William Newcomb
Edward C. Parish

1906-1929        J. Frederic Kernochan
1906-1916        William Newcomb

1906-1915        Anthony Dey Nichols
1906-1912        John Hone, Jr.
1906-1919        Edward C. Parish
1911-1918        Whitney Kernochan

1915-1958        Thatcher T. P. Luquer      Absent during World War I

1916-1940        William J. Wilgus             Absent during World War I

1918-1924        Frederic Kernochan

1918-1918        Peter I. Nevius

1918-1921        Cambridge Livingston

1924-1944        Minnie Rawcliffe      Appointed Secretary, 1919

1921-1963        Lawrason Riggs, Jr.

1930-1952        J. G. Phelps Stokes

1940-1946        Samuel Sloan Auchincloss     Absent during World War II

1946-1977        Evelyn P. Luquer1949-1953        Benjamin Strong

1952-1956        William E. D. Stokes, Jr.

1953-1977        Robert Innes Center

1956-197-         Harris D. Colt

1958-1977        James Markoe Robbins

1963-197-         John E. Strong

1977-2010        Peter VanC. Luquer      Trustee Emeritus, 2010-

1977-1977        Dyer S. Wadsworth      Elected, but never served1977-1988        Lawrence B. Thompson

198–2000          Bruce D. Chilton

1997-2018        Anne Wright Brown      Trustee Emerita, 2018-

2000-2004        Waldron Kintzing Post, II

2002-2007        Sophia LaVerdiere Truslow

2002-2003        Christopher P. Neville

2003-                 Caroline Starin DuBois

2004-2008        Rodman Pilgrim Neumann

2008-2017        Lydia Livingston Potter Snyder

2009- 2016       E. Brooks Robbins      Trustee Emeritus, 2016-

2009-2017        Lynn K. Rollins

2009-                 Daphne Jay Bell

2014-2017        Peter Cudahy Stearns

2014-2023        R. Breck Denny

2016-2022        Eliot W. Rowlands      Trustee Emeritus, 2023-

2017-2018         Brian A. Blake

2018-                 Laura Herrmann Nicholson

2022-                 Blanca Rodriguez Eichlin

2024-                 Joel A. Chatfield

The Reverend Charles Robertson
LVO Minister-Emeritus of Canongate Kirk
(The Kirk of Holyroodhouse)
Edinburgh, Scotland

It is believed that interdenominational concerns may have prevented the Cemetery from ever being consecrated. When Reverend Charles Robertson came from Edinburgh, Scotland for the marriage of his daughter, Margaret, to Kevin Cancienne in the Cemetery on 27 May 2012, he felt that a blessing was in order. The entire Cemetery family is grateful to him for his thoughtfulness and eloquence.






PRAYER

Let us pray.

Eternal Lord, our heavenly Father,
you are the God not of the dead but of the living.
We ask your blessing on this resting place,
which guards our beloved dead,
both those who long have lain here
and those who in the days to come will be brought here
to rest in peace.
May it always be held in honour,
respected with reverence, and cared for with love.

Grant that those who have fallen asleep
may wake to your love,
and that the gates of this place may be for them
the gates of eternal life.

Comfort those who will come here in sorrow for their loved ones.
Wipe all tears from their eyes,
and fill them with your peace.

Bless, we pray, the work of those who labour
to make and keep this place a place of peace and love and joy:
the stone-masons who give new life to its crumbling walls;
the gardeners who nurture the earth and fill it with gladness and beauty;
the trustees whose care and faithful service
make this place a continuing delight.

Assure us all that the souls of loved ones
who lie here buried in peace,
are safe with you for ever.

Ceremony Of Blessing
at New York Marble Cemetery

26th May, 2012 – 10am

Over the past 180 years,
these old marble walls
have witnessed the burials
of more than 2,000 people.
This is a lovely and much loved place,
with its flowers, butterflies, bushes, trees, and lawns.
As a place of repose for the dead
and of refreshment for the living,
it stands as an urban oasis,
a secret garden in the heart of this busy city.
What was sown as perishable in this place,
will be raised imperishable;
what was sown in humiliation
will be raised in glory;
what was sown in weakness,
will be raised in power

BENEDICTION

And now, the blessing of God almighty,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be with you.

And may the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen

BIENVENUE AU CIMETIERE DE MARBRE DE NEW YORK

Vous vous tenez sur le lieu de sépulture, public et non-sectaire, le plus ancien à Manhattan. Il a été bâti à la frontière du nord de la ville en 1830 par l’entrepreneur Perkins Nichols. Sa popularité était si grande que M. Nichols en bâti un autre immédiatement, le Cimetière de Marbre de New-York City, en face de celui-ci, sur la deuxième rue et la seconde avenue. Même s’ils sont identiques sous le sol, ils ont l’air différent et ont toujours été indépendants l’un de l’autre.

Sa conception en est unique. Plutôt que des sépultures en terre avec des pierres tombales, les caveaux de familles (en réalité des petites pièces) ont été construits à 3 mètres sous terre. Le code sanitaire en était la raison et ce pour empêcher des contaminations de tombes qui étaient alors trop près de la surface et de surcroit en terre.

L’accès à chaque paire de caveau sous la pelouse se fait en enlevant une dalle de pierre qui couvre un puits d’accès. Pour les 156 caveaux, il y a 78 entrées séparées. Aucune pierre tombale n’est placée sur le sol, les plaques posées sur les murs du nord et sud du cimetière indiquent les noms d’origine des propriétaires des caveaux qui ont leur famille tout proche, cela en indique donc l’endroit précis. La plupart des acheteurs étaient des professionnels, marchands ou personnes travaillant dans le transport maritime. Environ 2100 personnes sont enterrées ici. La moitié des premiers cercueils étaient petits, ils contenaient des enfants âgés de 6 ans et moins et qui sont décédés de plusieurs maladies contagieuses que les vaccins et antibiotiques ont maintenant éradiqués. Au début de 1850, beaucoup des cercueils du commencement, on été enlevés par leur familles pour les placer dans des cimetières ruraux nouveaux à l’époque et plus à la mode comme ceux de Green-Wood et Woodlawn. Le calendrier des jours de visites, liste des caveaux et plus d’information sur l’histoire du cimetière peuvent être trouvés sur le site internet suivant : www.marblecemetery.org.

© B. S Masco, 2012

CEMENTERIO MARBLE DE NUEVA YORK

The Nueva York Marble Cemetery en Manhattan, es el más antiguo, no pertenece a ningura secta religiosa y está abierto al público. Tanto este cementerio (1830) como el New York City Marble Cemetery, el cual está a la vuelta de la esquina (1831) fueron erigidos debido a que las sepulturas en tierra se prohibieron por razones de salubridad.

En lugar de las tumbas en tierra con las lápidas individuales, sólidas criptas familiars, de mármol, del tamaño de pequeños cuartos, fueron contruidas diez pies bajo tierra. Hay acceso a cada par de catacumbas removiendo las losas que están colocadas bajo el nivel del césped. No hay señales colocadas en el suelo. Las paredes que dan hacia el norte y sur del Cementerio tienen placas de mármol que dicen los nombres de los dueños originales de las criptas, cuyos familiares descansan junto a sus restos. La placas indican también la precisa localización de cada cripta familiar.

Se usó mármol local para construir las placas y linteles por encima de la tierra, así como para las paredes y techos arqueados de las criptas, bajo tierra. Tanto el mármol como la armagasa han sido destruídos por estar expuestos al tiempo. Ahora, el Cementerio esta recaudando fondos para un extenso proyecto de restauración. Aproximadamente 2.100 personas han sido sepultadas en las 156 criptas familiares. La mitad de los muertos fueron niños pequeños quienes fallecieron por enfermedades infecciosas. A finales del siglo XIX, muchos de los restos fueron trasladados por sus familiares hacia nuevos y populares cementerios, lejos de la muchedumbre de la ciudad. Los propietarios originales de las criptas fueron prominentes profesionales y comerciantes, muchos de los cuales estuvieron en el comercio internacional. Como una regla, los descendientes de los compradores del siglo XIX , son los dueños actuales y tienen el derecho de usar las criptas. El Cementerio es un New York City Landmark y se encuentra en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Se abre algunas veces al año. Más información puede ser encontrada en la página Web del Cementerio, www.marblecemetery.org.

© New York Marble Cemetery, 2011

Chronology

1820

Commerce with the Caribbean has long made East Coast ports susceptible to outbreaks of tropical illness.  The yellow fever epidemic of 1822, which originates near the Trinity churchyard, spurs the Common Council to ban burials below Canal and Grand Streets.  The city fathers hope that this will  help curb the spread of disease.  The Council later extends the prohibited area to include the area up to 14th Street, but allows burials in private family vaults.

1830

In July, Anthony Dey and George W. Strong, as organizing trustees, purchase the land for the New York Marble Cemetery.  A layout drawn the same day, probably by developer Perkins Nichols, indicates the names of those already committed to buying almost all of the $250 vaults.

1831

The state Senate and Assembly pass the Act of Incorporation for the Cemetery.

The nearby New York City Marble Cemetery purchases its land on Second Street.  The developer is again Perkins Nichols.

1833

An Index Stone on the West Wall listing all owners, a stone on the East Wall engraved with the names of the developer and the original trustees, and stone coping on top of the walls are all added. The grounds are to be “soiled and ornamented.”

1851

Traditional earthen burials are banned below 86th Street.  Other cemeteries start removing remains to the recently-established “rural” cemeteries in Brooklyn and Queens; their churches then sell their Manhattan burial grounds.

1854

“A substantial iron gate” is erected on the street, fencing between the inner and outer gates is repaired, and the passageway is flagged.

1880’s

Population pressures increase, with both Second Avenue north of Houston Street and the nearby Lower East Side becoming destinations for large numbers of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe.  There is much uncertainty about the future of both Marble Cemeteries, with the possibility that the City will take their lands for public uses, such as schools.

1897

Social reformer Jacob Riis tries to have the New York Marble Cemetery turned into a playground.  The owners must all agree and cannot be found.

1905 – 1906

A failed attempt to dissolve the Cemetery and sell its land leads to a complete reorganization, spearheaded by J. Frederick Kernochan, Edward J. Parish, and Daniel Parish.  William Newcomb produces a large subscription list and the ensuing fundraising appeal creates an endowment of $21,000.  The original owners have all died, but the families of many of them contribute generously.  A few families, seeing an uncertain future, empty their vaults.

The walls are completely repointed.

1907 – 1908

The outer gates are moved to the inside of the alley to replace the old wooden ones.  New cast iron gates by William R. Pitt are erected on Second Avenue.

1927

New fundraising is announced, but it never gets off the ground.

1937

A public relations drive to find heirs to the vaults is abandoned because too many generations have elapsed since the Cemetery’s founding.

The most recent burial takes place, in the VanZandt vault.

1956

The Dead House in the southwest corner is demolished.

1969

The Cemetery is designated a New York City Landmark.

1974

All 19th-century legal, financial, and administrative records, registers, and minute books are deposited for safekeeping at the New-York Historical Society.

1980

The Cemetery is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The north wall, long undermined by the below-grade areaway along Third Street, has buckled and begins to crumble.  Freezing moisture continues to force many of the marble owners’ tablets from the walls.

The neighborhood is at a low point.

1998

Robert Silman Associates performs a survey of conditions and rehabilitation costs for the above-ground walls.

Research begins to identify burials, owners of record, and living descendants, whom the Trustees contact.  Renewal of  the grounds begins.

2000 – 2024

Much of the Cemetery’s 1906 endowment is used for emergency stabilization.  Both pairs of gates are restored.  A major fundraising drive is organized.  Two sections of the East Wall collapse and are rebuilt.

The Cemetery becomes accessible to the public through a website, published burial records, the resumption of May owners’ meetings, scheduled openings, an annual newsletter, and grounds rental for private gatherings.

2024

2024 First burial in cemetery since 1937

NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY VAULT OWNERS

Names marked with an asterisk later sold or transferred their vaults. Their descendants are not present-day owners.The number preceding the name is the vault number.The descendants and heirs of the owners of record are the current owners. If you believe you are descended from a vault owner, or if you can provide any information on a past or present vault owner, please contact the Cemetery.
Cemetery Data

Cemetery Vault Owners

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American Art Union | American Bible Society | American Institute | American Seamen’s Friend Society | American Tract Society | Belle Vue Hospital | Century Club | College of Pharmacy | Deaf & Dumb Institution | Eastern Dispensary | Fund for Relief of Indigent Merchants | House of Refuge | Mercantile Library Association | New York Academy of Medicine | New York Association for Improving | the Condition of the Poor | New York Bible Society | New York Chamber of Commerce | New York Eye Infirmary | New-York Historical Society | New York Juvenile Asylum | New York Nursery & Child’s Hospital | New York University | People’s Washing and Bathing Association | Rutgers Medical College | St. Nicholas Society of New York | & many others

Occupations of Original Vault Owners

Dynamic Table Grid
Occupation Count

Tuckahoe Marble


In the early 1800s, Tuckahoe marble became extremely popular as a building material for public buildings and other large installations. The term Tuckahoe marble refers to a dolomite mineral vein also called the Inwood Formation. It extends from Connecticut through New York State. Among the places where it surfaces is Eastchester, just north of Tuckahoe, in Westchester County, where a large quarry can still be seen. From there it goes under the Harlem River at Inwood, continues south, and runs directly under the New York Marble Cemetery, though far too deep down to mine. So much stone was mined in Inwood that the quarry ended up being deeper than the Harlem River itself. The river was therefore re-routed to the south to take advantage of the depth. About 75 acres of Manhattan were left north of the new Harlem River and are known as Marble Hill.

Tuckahoe marble is relatively coarse and susceptible to weathering. Some of the impurities in it can darken, so while the vaults belowground are still sparkling white, the Cemetery’s walls and tablets appear darker. The large crystals in it led the marble to be called Snowflake Marble in the 19th century.


Tuckahoe marble from Federal Hall, Manhattan
Source: Tuckahoe Marble

An interesting exception to the marble’s use in large buildings
is this one-room Marble School House from 1835 in Eastchester, NY.
Source:   http://www.eastchesterartscouncil.com/

New York City Marble Cemetery

www.nycmc.org

The “Other” Marble Cemetery is located at

60 East 2 nd Street

between 2 nd Avenue & 1 st Avenue

To confuse people through the centuries, two independent cemeteries with very similar

names were built by the same developer, Perkins Nichols in 1830.

The New York City Marble Cemetery (their gate is on Second Street) was built just a

few months after the New York Marble Cemetery and is one block East of New York

Marble Cemetery.

NYCMC was built in the same pattern using underground family owned burial vaults,

however the (other) New York City Marble Cemetery is twice as large, is covered with

large monuments and can be easily seen from the street.

Each has separate Boards of Trustees, maintain separate lists of burials and operate

independently.

Click here for the New York City Marble Cemetery's website: www.NYCMC.org

Page 1 of 1New York City Marble Cemeterywww.nycmc.orgThe “Other” Marble Cemetery is located at60 East 2 nd Streetbetween 2 nd Avenue & 1 st AvenueTo confuse people through the centuries, two independent cemeteries with very similarnames were built by the same developer, Perkins Nichols in 1830.The New York City Marble Cemetery (their gate is on Second Street) was built just afew months after the New York Marble Cemetery and is one block East of New YorkMarble Cemetery.NYCMC was built in the same pattern using underground family owned burial vaults,however the (other) New York City Marble Cemetery is twice as large, is covered withlarge monuments and can be easily seen from the street.Each has separate Boards of Trustees, maintain separate lists of burials and operateindependently.Click here for the New York City Marble Cemetery's website: www.NYCMC.org

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