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Daughters of Zion Cemetery

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Architectural style
  
Cemetery

VLR #
  
104-5153

Area
  
8,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
24 June 2010

NRHP Reference #
  
10000382

Designated VLR
  
March 18, 2010

Year built
  
1873

Daughters of Zion Cemetery

Location
  
Corner of First and Oak Sts, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Daughters of Zion Cemetery, also known as Zion Cemetery, Society Cemetery, and Old Oakwood Section, is a historic African-American cemetery located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was established in 1873, and contains an estimated 300 burial sites with 152 of the burials commemorated with 136 surviving grave markers. It consists exclusively of marble and granite grave markers with a single 20 foot by 20 foot section enclosed with a cast iron fence. Notable burials include Benjamin Tonsler (1854-1917), who built the Benjamin Tonsler House. The city assumed title to the property in the 1970s, and the last burial occurred in 1995.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

References

Daughters of Zion Cemetery Wikipedia


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