Architectural style Pueblo NMSRCP # 1873 Area 2 ha Year built 1884 | NRHP Reference # 04001517 Designated NMSRCP October 8, 2004 Phone +1 505-989-1623 Added to NRHP 20 January 2005 | |
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Location 1134 Cerrillos Rd.
Santa Fe, New Mexico Address 1134 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA Burials Thomas B. Catron, Sylvanus Morley Similar Santa Fe National Cemetery, Rosario Cemetery, Rosario Chapel, Rivera Family Funerals, Santa Fe Memorial Gardens | ||
Fairview Cemetery is a graveyard in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was for many years the only non-Catholic cemetery in the city. There are roughly 3,700 people buried there. The graveyard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The graveyard was established in its current location during the 1880s by James T. Newhall and Preston H. Kuhn. As declared in the opening entry of the Fairview Cemetery Company minutes, "The necessity of having and maintaining a proper place for burial of the dead in the town of Santa Fe, N. M., being apparent, Mr. James T. Newhall and Mr. Preston H. Kuhn made an estimate of the amount that would be required for the purpose . . ." The oldest gravestones date to the 1860s, belonging to people who were originally buried in the Masonic and Odd Fellows graveyard which used to be in downtown Santa Fe. Most of these bodies were moved to Fairview during the period 1895 – 1901.
In recent years Fairview Cemetery has become notorious for its prairie dog infestation, which causes human remains and coffin pieces to sometimes be visible on the grounds.
The graveyard is now operated as a nonprofit organization by the Fairview Cemetery Preservation Association.