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White Plains Rural Cemetery - Historic Site


City of White Plains

Westchester County


White Plains Rural Cemetery - Historic Site

 
 
The White Plains Rural Cemetery buildings and grounds are listed on the National, State & County Registers of Historic Places. This historic rural cemetery is located at 167 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603 in Westchester County.

From Yesterday In White Plains by Renoda Hoffman: "In 1795, the first Methodist Church in White Plains was completed on the NW corner of Broadway and Cemetery Road. It was destroyed by fire on the same day it was dedicated, and rebuilt in 1797. Today the building serves as the Rural Cemetery Office.

"The Reverend Sylvester Hutchinson, who died on September 19, 1797, was the first person to be interred in the burying ground. The Rural Cemetery Association was formed in 1854. Though records for the early years are not complete, approximately 24,000 burials have been made in this cemetery."


Location: White Plains

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