New York City Marble Cemetery, Cemetery in East Village, Manhattan, United States.
The New York City Marble Cemetery contains 156 underground vaults constructed from white Tuckahoe marble, arranged in a grid format beneath the lawn surface.
Established in 1831 as a response to public health legislation that prohibited earthen burials due to yellow fever concerns in New York City.
The cemetery walls display marble tablets with names of original vault owners, representing prominent merchant and professional families of nineteenth-century New York.
The cemetery opens to visitors on the fourth Sunday of each month from April through October, with additional access dates throughout the year.
Instead of traditional gravestones, the burial ground uses a system of underground vaults accessed by removing stone slabs below the grass level.
Location: Manhattan
Inception: 1831
Part of: East Village/Lower East Side Historic District
Address: 52-74 Second Street 10003
Website: http://nycmc.org
GPS coordinates: 40.72443,-73.98908
Latest update: May 20, 2025 05:44
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