NRHP Reference # 85002722 Designated VLR March 16, 1982 Area 4,000 m² | VLR # 007-1150 Added to NRHP 1 October 1985 | |
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Location South of Swoope on VA 876, near Swoope, Virginia Similar Thornrose Cemetery Co, Bethel Presbyter Church, Staunton National Cemetery, Tinkling Spring Presbyter, Augusta Memorial Park | ||
Glebe Burying Ground, also known as Glebe Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located near Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Augusta County and contains a wide variety of stones illustrating the evolution of local funerary art from the 1770s through the 19th century. The surviving stones date from 1770 to 1891. They reflect changes in the local funerary art of Scotch-Irish, English, and German settlers and their descendants.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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