Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery

West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama
Listed
April 21, 1999
Type
Site
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
99000464

About this property

The Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Primitive Ridge Road in West Blocton, Alabama, United States. It was established in 1896 by Italian Catholic immigrant workers employed in the coal mines of Bibb County. The cemetery occupies less than one acre in what was originally Blocton, a coal-mining company town built by the Cahaba Coal Mining Company in 1883 and acquired by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in 1892. It was consecrated in 1901 by Edward Patrick Allen, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile, and remained in use until the 1960s, with the greatest number of burials recorded during the 1910s and 1920s. The cemetery contains approximately 86 funerary monuments. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1999, for its significance in ethnic European heritage.

Location

West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama
33.11286, -87.11361

Categories

EUROPEAN
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Sources

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When was Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 1999.

What type of historic resource is Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery?

Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Blocton Italian Catholic Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1883.

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