Fairview Cemetery (Culpeper, Virginia)

Fairview Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Fairview Cemetery, March 2013
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Location	VA 522, approx. 1/2 mi. W of Main St., Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Coordinates	38°28′52″N 78°00′19″W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)
Built by	Culpeper Hardware Manufacturing (1907 caretaker’s lodge)
Architectural style	Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.	05001521[1]
VLR No.	204-5031
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 11, 2006
Designated VLR	September 8, 2004[2]

Fairview Cemetery, also known as Citizens' Cemetery and Antioch Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States.

History

It was established in 1855. The property includes a contributing mid-19th-century municipal cemetery, an early-20th-century African-American cemetery, a monument to Confederate dead (1881), an enclosure wall, and a caretaker's lodge.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

Notable people buried there include A.P. Hill (1825-1865), Confederate general, United States Congressmen John S. Barbour (1790–1855) and John Franklin Rixey (1854–1907).

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Evelyn D. Causey (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos

External links

• Fairview Cemetery at Find a Grave