{"nrhp_refnum":"02000309","name":"Batavia Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Harvester Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Batavia","county":"Genesee County","state":"NY","lat":42.99345781400007,"lon":-78.17104531099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Communications","Social History","Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Batavia Cemetery is a historic burial ground on the east side of Harvester Avenue in the City of Batavia, Genesee County, New York, opened in 1823. It holds over 8,000 burials in 629 plots, along with a Greek Revival tool shed and several notable monuments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is Batavia's oldest cemetery and holds the graves of the community's first settlers and leading citizens. It contains the Morgan monument, tied to the 1826 disappearance of William Morgan, and the graves of five people of major importance: Albert and Arthur Brisbane, Joseph Ellicott, Dean Richmond and General John Henry Martindale. It also shows changing nineteenth-century funerary art.","narrative":"Batavia Cemetery lies on the east side of Harvester Avenue in Batavia, New York. Opened in 1823, it is the city's oldest cemetery, and its first burials were moved from the flood-prone West Main Street Cemetery of 1806. Today it holds more than 8,000 burials in 629 plots, laid out in a grid on a low knoll and lined with mature trees. A cast-iron fence with Italianate posts marks the Harvester Avenue side. Notable features include a small Greek Revival tool shed, the red granite Richmond Mausoleum, a thirty-two-foot obelisk for surveyor Joseph Ellicott erected in 1849, and the statue of William Morgan, whose 1826 disappearance fueled the Anti-Masonic movement. The cemetery also contains the graves of journalist Arthur Brisbane and his father Albert, railroad executive Dean Richmond, and General John Henry Martindale. Its monuments show the funerary styles of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","period_of_significance":"1823-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a cemetery; some secondary roads are grassed over and efforts are underway to replace removed trees.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.538149-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02000309.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000309/1cc0007c8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000309/1cc0007c8e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batavia_Cemetery_General_View_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batavia_Cemetery_General_View_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4868665"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/genesee-county/batavia-cemetery-02000309/"}