General overview of Congressional Cemetery with rows of cenotaphs in the middle ground, 1964
This file appears in: Congressional Cemetery Historic District
Credit: J. Alexander, NCPC
This file appears in: Congressional Cemetery Historic District
Congressional Cemetery Historic District
The original four and one-half acre tract of Congressional Cemetery was purchased from the Government for $200 on April 4, 1807 as a private burial ground. On March 30, 1812, several years after Christ Church was built, Ingle, one of the buyers,…