East End Cemetery is an historic African-American cemetery located at 50 Evergreen Rd., in the East End of Richmond, Virginia.
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| Established | 1891 |
| Location | Richmond, Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°32′12″N 77°23′10″W / 37.53667°N 77.38611°W |
| Owned by | Enrichmond Foundation (now defunct) |
| Size | 14.29 acres (5.78 ha) |
| No. of interments | approximately 17,500 |
| Find a Grave | East End Cemetery |
History edit
Founded in 1897 by a group of prominent black citizens of the city of Richmond, East End Cemetery was originally incorporated as Greenwood Cemetery in 1891.[1] It straddles the border between the city of Richmond and Henrico County. Colored Pauper's Cemetery lies to its west, and Evergreen Cemetery to its south.
Interments edit
East End Cemetery is estimated to contain 17,500 burials.[2][3][4][5]
Notable burials include:
- Rosa Dixon Bowser, educator and journalist
- Richard Fillmore Tancil, doctor and community leader
References edit
- ^ "Exploring Richmond's Outdoor Archive" (PDF). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ VQR - A NATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE & DISCUSSION, "The Lives of East End Recovering African American Burial Grounds", Photography by Brian Palmer
- ^ Smith, Ryan K. Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries, Johns Hopkins University Press (November 17, 2020), Johns Hopkins.
- ^ Smith, Ryan K. "Evergreen and East End Cemeteries". Richmond Cemeteries.
- ^ Willis, Samantha, ‘Obligated to do what's right:’ State money helping maintain more historic African-American cemeteries, (September 10, 2018), Virginia Mercury
External links edit
- East End Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
- Friends of East End
- Evergreen and East End Cemeteries
- Find a Grave - East End Cemetery
- East End Cemetery Collaboratory
- Lazarus, Jeremy, Richmond Free Press, "Enrichmond unveils $18.6M master plan for Evergreen Cemetery", March 6, 2020
- Karns, Paul, Richmond Magazine,"In Need of Repair, Since acquiring two historic African American cemeteries, Enrichmond has been at odds with the volunteer group that has worked for years to restore and document the neglected sites", October 14. 2020
- Palmer, Brian, Medium "Enwhatnow? A Controversial Virginia Nonprofit Collapses, Leaving Questions and Anger" Dec 23, 2022
- Williams, Michael Paul, Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Enrichmond Foundation must be held accountable. Its victims", January 6, 2023
- Richmond's African Burial Grounds and Historic African American Cemeteries
- Khalil, Jahd, VPM npr News, "City Council eyes acquisition of two historic Black cemeteries", February 22, 2023
- Harlow, Katelyn, abc8 News, "Richmond City Council approves ordinance to own 3 historic African American cemeteries, February 27, 2024