Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek Church Rd. and Webster St., NW, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

ID: 3348 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ~ Date: 2010

This file appears in: Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery: This large cemetery is the oldest public burial ground within the District of Columbia.

This file appears in: Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery: This large cemetery is the oldest public burial ground within the District of Columbia.

Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery: This large cemetery is the oldest public burial ground within the District of Columbia.

By The DC Historic Sites team

With graves dating back to the early 1770s, and pre-revolution burials, the Rock Creek Church Yard is a unique landscape in the District. With a variety of headstones, inscriptions, and decorative…