{"nrhp_refnum":"03000130","name":"Wilder Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NY 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"S. Bristol","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.73561086300003,"lon":-77.39764385799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wilder Cemetery is a one-acre settlement-period burial ground on a knoll east of NY 64 in rural South Bristol, Ontario County, New York, with about sixty graves dating from 1801 to 1900.","why_significant":"It is the sole surviving remnant of the hamlet of Mud Creek, founded by Gamaliel Wilder, and reflects South Bristol's settlement era. Its finely carved limestone markers show early nineteenth century funerary art, including urn, willow and winged angel motifs. It also holds the graves of Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War veterans.","narrative":"Wilder Cemetery is a one-acre burial ground on a knoll east of NY 64 in rural South Bristol, Ontario County. It holds about sixty graves dating from 1801 to 1900, most marked by simple limestone headstones grouped informally by family. The cemetery is all that remains of Mud Creek, a hamlet begun in the late eighteenth century by Gamaliel Wilder, the first settler of South Bristol, who was buried here in 1817 along with many relatives and neighbors. Veterans of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War are also interred. The markers show early nineteenth century funerary art, including urns, willows and winged angels. Although the cemetery was town-owned for most of its history and later became landlocked within a former farm that passed to private ownership, it remains largely intact, ringed by mature trees and shrubs. It was recognized for its association with local settlement and for the artistic quality of its gravestones, with a period of significance of 1801 to 1900.","period_of_significance":"1801-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Partially overgrown and neglected for several decades, though it retains a high degree of integrity; some stones have fallen or tilted. The last burial was in 1900.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.530171-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000130.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000130/acbe09d840-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000130/acbe09d840-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanielPenfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYSRoute64SouthBristolWilderCemeteryMarker.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanielPenfield</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYSRoute64SouthBristolWilderCemeteryMarker.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320562","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001089"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/wilder-cemetery-03000130/"}