{"nrhp_refnum":"01000046","name":"Mount Adnah Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"706 East Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fulton","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.320547120500066,"lon":-76.40311303886655,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mount Adnah Cemetery is a 44.9-acre rural cemetery at 706 East Broadway on the eastern edge of Fulton, Oswego County, New York, laid out in 1853 by surveyor Peter Schenck with Dr. Moses Lindley Lee.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of a mid-nineteenth-century rural cemetery, with a curvilinear road system following the natural ridges, valleys and knolls, and a mature oak landscape. Its family plots, vaults and funerary monuments reflect Victorian attitudes toward nature and death. It also reflects the civic effort of Fulton's leaders, who founded it soon after state rural cemetery legislation was passed.","narrative":"Mount Adnah Cemetery occupies 44.9 acres on the eastern edge of Fulton, New York. The Mount Adnah Cemetery Association formed in 1851 and bought land from James Voorhees. In 1853 surveyor Peter Schenck, assisted by trustee Dr. Moses Lindley Lee, laid out the grounds as a rural cemetery. Curving carriage paths follow two ridges, their valleys and a series of knolls, and a summit circle was set aside for contemplation. Red and white oaks, many predating the cemetery, dominate the plantings. Family plots centered on large monuments give the grounds their picturesque character, among them the Edgarton figure sculpture and the Johnson tree-stump markers. Hillside vaults from 1864, 1877 and 1883, a superintendent's house of 1872, a barn of 1902, and a stone gateway of 1894 add to the setting. Newer sections show a shift toward the lawn cemetery type. The cemetery retains a high degree of integrity and reflects Victorian ideas about nature and remembrance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Peter Schenck (surveyor) and Dr. Moses Lindley Lee (design assistance)","architectural_style":"Other: Rural Cemetery","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery; sections 25B, 26B and 27B are cleared but undeveloped and excluded from the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.676748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000046.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320845","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Adnah_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6919261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/mount-adnah-cemetery-01000046/"}