National Register of Historic Places

Upper Long Cane Cemetery

Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Listed
December 17, 2010
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
10001039

About this property

Upper Long Cane Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Abbeville, South Carolina, founded c. 1760. Over 2,500 marked graves and numerous unmarked graves cover the cemetery's approximately 25 acres. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The cemetery helps document the history of many prominent families in the area, from its founding into the 20th century. Many gravestones were carved by three generations of master craftsmen from Charleston, including over fifty signed or attributable to stonecutters Rowe and White, John White, William T. White, Robert D. White, and Edwin R. White. The markers include marble, granite, sandstone, and slate headstones, as well as footstones, obelisks, pedestal-tombs, box tombs, table-top tombs, and tablets. Art on the markers and tombs includes simple engraving and ledgers with motifs of angels, doves, lambs, open Bibles, weeping willows, palmettos, flowers, wreaths, and ivy.

Location

Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
34.20476, -82.39114

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When was Upper Long Cane Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Upper Long Cane Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 2010.

What type of historic resource is Upper Long Cane Cemetery?

Upper Long Cane Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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