Geer Cemetery
Geer Cemetery is an African-American cemetery located on Colonial Street between McGill Place and Camden Avenue in northeast Durham, North Carolina. It has also been known as City Cemetery, Old City Cemetery, East Durham Cemetery, and Mason Cemetery.Photo: Willthacheerleader18, CC0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Historic cemetery in Durham County, North Carolina
- Address: 800 Colonial Street, Durham, NC 27701
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass and Durham Athletic Park.
Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass
Photo: Washuotaku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Built in 1940, the bridge carries passenger and freight trains over South Gregson Street in downtown Durham and functions as the northbound access to the nearby Durham Amtrak station. Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass is situated 1½ miles southwest of Geer Cemetery.
Durham Athletic Park
Stadium
Durham Athletic Park, nicknamed "The DAP", is a former minor league baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The stadium was home to the Durham Bulls from 1926 through 1994, the North Carolina Central Eagles and the Durham School of the Arts Bulldogs. Durham Athletic Park is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Geer Cemetery.
Carolina Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wgreaves, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carolina Theatre is a performing arts and cinema complex in downtown Durham, North Carolina. The facility is operated by a nonprofit organization named The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. under a management agreement with the City of Durham, which owns the complex. Carolina Theatre is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Geer Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durham and American Tobacco Historic District.
Durham
Photo: Specious, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Of the three cities that make up North Carolina's Research Triangle, Durham has traditionally been the one with the grittier, more working-class image.
American Tobacco Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Davidwells75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Tobacco Historic District is a historic tobacco factory complex and national historic district located in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. American Tobacco Historic District is situated 1½ miles southwest of Geer Cemetery.
Braggtown
Neighborhood
Bragtown is a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina. The community is centered on N. Roxboro Street and the Old Oxford Highway. Braggtown is situated 2 miles north of Geer Cemetery.
Geer Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Durham Township, Durham, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.01027° or 36° 0′ 37″ northLongitude
-78.88407° or 78° 53′ 3″ westOpen location code
87832468+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 796526328OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q65051498
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In Other Languages
“Geer Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Kabari na Geer”
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