National Register of Historic Places

Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation)

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Listed
September 19, 2002
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
02001057

About this property

Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati. The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church. Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery. Powhatan Beaty (1837–1916), American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment; a Medal of Honor recipient Mary Beck Bell, bishop, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul Edith Hern Fossett (1787–1854), enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at the White House, and head cook at Monticello George W. Hayes (1847–1933), Ohio state legislator Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School

Location

4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
39.11706, -84.60276

Categories

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Sources

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When was Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation)?

Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Union Baptist Cemetery (Additional Documentation) is recorded as the civil_war era.

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