Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery: This large cemetery is the oldest public burial ground within the District of Columbia.
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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 grave markers, the cemetery tells the stories of the earliest residents of the land that would become Washington, DC in 1791.
Rock Creek Church Yard & Cemetery is notable, not only for its age, but also as the resting place for numerous historically significant individuals. From diplomats to the city’s early politicians, and from business owners to community leaders, the graves of Rock Creek represent the timeline and evolution of Washington.
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (Rock Creek Church), which dates to 1775, and the famous Adams Memorial are located within the cemetery. Both are historic landmarks.
DC Inventory: January 21, 1977
National Register: August 12, 1977 (Amendment on March 24, 2010)
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1. GENERAL VIEW SHOWING EVERGREEN SCREEN BEHIND MEMORIAL (MEMORIAL NOT VISIBLE) - Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Section E, entrance at Webster Street & Rock Creek Church Road Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
HABS DC,WASH,384--1 | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
3. GENERAL VIEW (SIDE) - Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Section E, entrance at Webster Street & Rock Creek Church Road Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
HABS DC,WASH,384--3 | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA