Mount Hope Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina) Explained

Mount Hope Cemetery
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Built:c.
Architect:C.A. Goodwin; et al.
Added:January 8, 2009
Refnum:08001292

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was established about 1872. The approximate total number of monuments in the cemetery is 1,454, although interment records list over 7,000 individuals. Notable contributing resources include the W. H. Matthews (1828–1902) mausoleum, the front entrance gates and gate posts (c. 1930s), and the garden cemetery landscape design.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: M. Ruth Little . Mount Hope Cemetery . National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory . February 2008. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.