Rosemary Cemetery Explained

Rosemary Cemetery
Location:	Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates:	27.345°N -82.5436°W
Refnum:	03001143
Built:	1886
Added:	November 16, 2003

The Rosemary Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. The cemetery is located at the northwest corner of the original plat of the town of Sarasota.^[1]

History

The cemetery was acquired by the town of Sarasota in 1903. The cemetery is a significant indicator of the early settlement as it is the first public cemetery in Sarasota and the oldest extant man-made landscape feature in the city.

On November 16, 2003, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Notable burials

• Owen Burns, businessman and community leader
• John Hamilton Gillespie,^[2] Sarasota's first mayor

External links

• • Sarasota County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Rosemary Cemetery Project at New College of Florida - Faculty and Staff Websites

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosemary Cemetery . Sarasota History Alive . June 25, 2018.
2. Web site: John Hamilton Gillespie. 2021-05-10. Sarasota History Alive!. en-US.