Prospect Hill Cemetery

Prospect Hill Cemetery, also known as the German Cemetery, is a historic German-American cemetery founded in 1858 and located at 2201 North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. From 1886 to 1895, the Prospect Hill Cemetery board of directors battled a rival organization which illegally attempted to take title to the grounds and sell a portion of them as building lots.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as: “Prospect Cemetery”
Address: 2201 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20002

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery and Crispus Attucks Park.

Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery

Cemetery

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Saint Mary, Mother of God, previously known as St. Mary's German Catholic Church, was founded in 1845 by German immigrants and was dedicated in 1890 as a parish. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery is situated 640 feet east of Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Crispus Attucks Park

Park

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Crispus Attucks Park is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel

Church

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Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel is a historic chapel located in Glenwood Cemetery in Northeast, Washington, D.C. It was built in 1892 in a Richardsonian Romanesque style. Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloomingdale and Eckington.

Bloomingdale

Neighborhood

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Bloomingdale is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., less than two miles north of the United States Capitol building. It is a primarily residential neighborhood, with a small commercial center near the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and First Street NW featuring bars, restaurants, and food markets.

Eckington

Neighborhood

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Eckington is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located south of the Prospect Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries. Eckington is less than one mile southeast of Howard University and exactly one mile north of the United States Capitol.

Edgewood

Neighborhood

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Edgewood is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Edgewood is bounded by Michigan Avenue NE to the north, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, North Capitol Street to the west, and the Washington Metro's Red Line to the east.

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91955° or 38° 55′ 10″ north

Longitude

-77.00769° or 77° 0′ 28″ west

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Open location code

87C4WX9R+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43973516

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4140091

Wikidata ID

Q7250766

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Prospect Hill Cemetery” goes by many names.

French: “Prospect Hill Cemetery”
Spanish: “Prospect Hill Cemetery”

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