Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery

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.

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Type: Cemetery
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery”, “Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery (DC)”, “Saint Mary’s Cemetery”, “Saint Mary’s Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)”, “Saint Marys Cemetery”, “Saint Marys German Catholic Cemetery”, “St. Mary’s Cemetery”, “St. Mary’s Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)”, and “St. Marys Catholic Cemetery”
Address: 2121 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC 20002

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Hill Cemetery and Glenwood Cemetery Mortuary Chapel.

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Cemetery

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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. Prospect Hill Cemetery is situated 640 feet west of Saint Marys Catholic 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 1,100 feet north of Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery.

Crispus Attucks Park

Park

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Crispus Attucks Park is situated 1,600 feet west of Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eckington and Edgewood.

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.

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.

Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery

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

38.9192° or 38° 55′ 9″ north

Longitude

-77.00548° or 77° 0′ 20″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

87C4WX9V+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43973515

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

GeoNames ID

4140348

Wikidata ID

Q108301016

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