Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)
Historic cemetery in Virginia, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historic cemetery in Virginia, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fairview Cemetery, also known as Citizens' Cemetery and Antioch Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States.
Fairview Cemetery | |
Location in Virginia | |
Location | VA 522, approx. 1/2 mi. W of Main St., Culpeper, Virginia, United States |
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Coordinates | 38°28′52″N 78°00′19″W |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
Built | 1855 |
Built by | Culpeper Hardware Manufacturing (1907 caretaker’s lodge) |
Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements |
NRHP reference No. | 05001521[1] |
VLR No. | 204-5031 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 2006 |
Designated VLR | September 8, 2004[2] |
It was established in 1855. The property includes a contributing mid-19th-century municipal cemetery, an early-20th-century African-American cemetery, a monument to Confederate dead (1881), an enclosure wall, and a caretaker's lodge.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
Notable people buried there include A.P. Hill (1825-1865), Confederate general, United States Congressmen John S. Barbour (1790–1855) and John Franklin Rixey (1854–1907).
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