New Orleans Cemeteries - History
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E very cemetery in New Orleans has an interesting story behind it, so it would make for too long a page to include them all here. To give you an idea of how our cemeteries came about as the city grew, we present a brief chronology here.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| c. 1721 | First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy in the Quarter. |
| 1789 | St. Louis No. 1, Basin and Conti Streets (Faubourg Treme) |
| 1822 | Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery (de-consecrated and torn down in 1957). |
| 1823 | St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. (Faubourg Treme). |
| 1827 | Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church). |
| 1828 | First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga. |
| 1832 | Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania. |
| 1840 | Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue. |
| 1841 | St. Patrick Numbers 1,2,3, 4900 Canal (#1), City Park Ave.& Bienville (#2), lake side of City Park & Bienville (#3). |
| 1844 | St. Vincent de Paul, Piety St.. |
| 1846 | Dispersed of Judah, 4900 block Canal St. (Jewish) |
| 1847 | Charity Hospital Cemetery, 4800 block Canal. |
| 1849 | Odd Fellows' Rest, Canal St. and City Park Avenue (across from Cypress Grove). |
| 1849 | Carrollton (Green St.), at the block of Birch, Adams, Hickory, Lowerline. |
| 1852 | Greenwood, Canal & City Park (on the lake side). |
| 1854 | St. Joseph #1, Washington and S. Liberty. |
| 1854 | St. Louis #3, Esplanade at Bayou St. John (Faubourg St. John). |
| 1858 | Temmeme Derech, 4800 block Canal (Jewish). |
| 1859 | St. Vincent, Soniat St. |
| 1860 | Hebrew Rest, Elysian Fields near Gentilly (Jewish). |
| 1865 | Masonic Cemetery, Bienville and City Park Ave. |
| 1867 | Valence St. Cemetery (Valence and Saratoga) |
| 1867 | St. John Lutheran, 4800 block Canal |
| 1872 | Metairie Cemetery , Pontchartrain Blvd. and Metairie Rd. |
| 1874 | St. Roch #1 and #2, St. Roch Avenue |
| 1879 | Holt Cemetery, near City Park Avenue |
| 1922 | Mount Olivet, Norman Mayer near Gentilly Blvd. |
