Broadway Cemetery Historic District
The Broadway Cemetery Historic District, also known as the Broadway Cemeteries, is a six-block collective of seven separate cemeteries in the city of Galveston, Texas, covering an area of 15.27 acres (6.18 ha). As of 2014, an estimated 6,000 people were buried in the district, including multiple prominent Galveston citizens. As of 2014, all cemeteries are still accepting new interments, although these are sporadic. The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2014.
Broadway Cemetery Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Old City Cemetery in Galveston, Texas | |
| Location | Six city blocks between Broadway Avenue (north) and Avenue L (south) and 43rd Street (west) and 40th Street (east) Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 29.2935°N 94.8129°W |
| Area | 15.27 acres (6.18 ha) |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000340 |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 2014 |
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