Friends Burial Ground | |
Location: | 2506 Harford Rd., Baltimore, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 39.3181°N -76.595°W |
Added: | January 12, 2005 |
Refnum: | 04001471 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Designated Other1: | BCL |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | BCL |
Designated Other1 Date: | 1999 |
Friends Burial Ground is a historic Quaker cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the earliest cemetery in Baltimore, established in 1713, and 2.8acres in size. It contains a total of approximately 1,900 small, simple grave markers, arranged in compact rows interspersed with large trees. The graveyard is surrounded by a fieldstone wall 8feet high, built in the 1860s, now covered with moss, roses, and ivy.[1]
Friends Burial Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.