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Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Burial Ground

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions Sixteenth and Wallace Streets
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 United States
    Coordinates: 39.96578, -75.16324
  • This cemetery is marked as being historical or removed.
  • No longer accepting burials
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In 1824, Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Parish purchased a lot for a burial ground on the northeast corner of Schuylkill Seventh (now Sixteenth) and Saint Andrew's (now Wallace) Streets. This land, which had a front on Schuylkill Seventh Street of 180 feet, had a depth of 227 feet along Saint Andrew's Street. It was not until twelve years later, or in 1836, that the first interment was made in the ground.


Property values in that neighborhood arose with some rapidity, and long before the cemetery had had opportunity to be crowded, in 1853, Saint Augustine's parish sold the land, and moved the bodies to the then-newly opened Cathedral Cemetery. The bodies not claimed by their families were removed to Saint Denis Cemetery, on Cobb's Creek, which lies in Delaware County.


It is likely many burials are confused between this now-defunct cemetery and Saint Augustine's old churchyard on North Lawrence Street.

In 1824, Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Parish purchased a lot for a burial ground on the northeast corner of Schuylkill Seventh (now Sixteenth) and Saint Andrew's (now Wallace) Streets. This land, which had a front on Schuylkill Seventh Street of 180 feet, had a depth of 227 feet along Saint Andrew's Street. It was not until twelve years later, or in 1836, that the first interment was made in the ground.


Property values in that neighborhood arose with some rapidity, and long before the cemetery had had opportunity to be crowded, in 1853, Saint Augustine's parish sold the land, and moved the bodies to the then-newly opened Cathedral Cemetery. The bodies not claimed by their families were removed to Saint Denis Cemetery, on Cobb's Creek, which lies in Delaware County.


It is likely many burials are confused between this now-defunct cemetery and Saint Augustine's old churchyard on North Lawrence Street.

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  • Added: 13 Jun 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2755188