Washington Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. The cemetery was laid out in 1832 and the entry is distinguished by a handsome cast iron arch dating from the 1840s / 1850s. It contains about 2,200 burials dating from 1832 to the 1950s.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
Notable burial
- Eliakim Sherrill
- Samuel Miles Hopkins
- Joseph Gardner Swift the first graduate of West Point Military Academy
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Nancy L. Todd (March 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Washington Street Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 14, 2009. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".