New York City Marble Cemetery
New York City Marble Cemetery | |
The cemetery entrance on an open house day (May 1, 2011) | |
| Location | 52-74 Second Street Manhattan, New York City, US |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′29″N 73°59′21″W / 40.72472°N 73.98917°W |
| Built | 1831 |
| Website | http://www.nycmc.org/ |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002703 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000559 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | March 4, 1969 |
The New York City Marble Cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1831, and located at 52-74 East 2nd Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The cemetery has 258 underground burial vaults constructed of Tuckahoe marble on the site.
The New York City Marble Cemetery, which was the city's second non-sectarian burial place, should not be confused with the nearby New York Marble Cemetery one block west, which was the first, having been established one year earlier. Both cemeteries were designated New York City landmarks in 1969, and in 1980 both were added to the National Register of Historic Places.