Mount Mora Cemetery

Mount Mora Cemetery

Entrance on Mount Mora Street
Location 824 Mount Mora Rd., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates 39°46′39″N 94°50′31″W / 39.77750°N 94.84194°W / 39.77750; -94.84194Coordinates: 39°46′39″N 94°50′31″W / 39.77750°N 94.84194°W / 39.77750; -94.84194
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architect Powell, W. Angelo; Noyes, John
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 06000626[1]
Added to NRHP July 19, 2006

Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express.[2] In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by vandals.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006.[1]

Mt. Mora St. Joseph, MO
Mt. Mora St. Joseph, MO
Mt. Mora St. Joseph, MO
Mt. Mora St. Joseph, MO

Notable interments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Barbara Turner (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Mora Cemetery" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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