{"nrhp_refnum":"01000549","name":"Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"85-45 96th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodhaven","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.69609060800008,"lon":-73.84885013399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-half acre family burial ground in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, located behind St. Matthew's Episcopal Church at 85-45 96th Street. It was set aside in the late eighteenth century by the Wyckoff and Snediker families and holds 136 marked graves dated 1793 to 1892.","why_significant":"The cemetery is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C for its link to the early Dutch settlement and growth of Woodhaven. It also holds a collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century funerary art, whose motifs and epitaphs reflect changing religious beliefs and social customs. It is one of a small number of surviving settlement-era family burial grounds in Queens County.","narrative":"Tucked behind a church on 96th Street in Woodhaven, Queens, this half-acre family cemetery was established in the early 1790s when the Wyckoff and Snediker families each deeded a strip of farmland along their shared boundary. It holds 136 marked graves of members of those families and other local Dutch families, with dates from 1793 to 1892. Early markers are rough fieldstone carved with initials, followed by three-lobed sandstone tablets, brownstone and marble stones, and one large granite monument. Inscriptions and carved motifs such as willows, roses and palm branches show how a rural Dutch Reformed community gradually moved toward mainstream American customs. The site has no street frontage and is surrounded by backyards of houses built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was neglected until a church acquired it in 1963, after which volunteers cleaned and repaired it. It is one of few surviving settlement-era family burial grounds in Queens.","period_of_significance":"1793-1892","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a non-active cemetery. Volunteers have cleared vegetation and repaired stones, including a 1998 restoration. All stones and markers are original, and the site retains sufficient integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.80458-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000549.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321171","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyckoff-Snediker_Family_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8039595"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/wyckoff-snediker-family-cemetery-01000549/"}