{"nrhp_refnum":"03001119","name":"West Meredith Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Cty Rte. 14","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Meredith","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.346670946000074,"lon":-75.02631707499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Social History","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, nearly square early nineteenth-century burial ground on the south side of CR 14 in the hamlet of West Meredith, town of Meredith, Delaware County, New York. It was associated with the West Meredith Baptist congregation and holds graves dating from 1807 to 1904.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant for its link to the early settlement and growth of Meredith and for its well-preserved nineteenth-century grave markers. It holds the graves of many settler families, mostly from New Milford, Connecticut, and records the rise and decline of the town's main social institution, the Baptist church. It also includes a stone by the regional carver known as 'coffin man.'","narrative":"West Meredith Cemetery is a small burial ground on a knoll beside CR 14, along the route of the old Catskill-Susquehanna Turnpike in Delaware County, New York. Measuring about 133 by 122 feet, it is enclosed by a dry-laid stone wall and entered through a wrought-iron gate. It served the West Meredith Baptist congregation, formed in 1811, whose church beside it was built in 1828 and is no longer standing. The earliest surviving stone dates to 1807, and 160 markers remain. Many commemorate settler families from New Milford, Connecticut. Burials fell sharply after 1860, when the congregation split over slavery and dissolved; the last two burials were in 1900 and 1904. Most markers are simple rectangular slabs with winged souls, urns and willows. One stone, for Caleb Strong, Jr., is attributed to the carver Jonas W. Stewart, known as 'coffin man.' The cemetery was listed for its role in early settlement and its grave markers. The town of Meredith now owns it.","period_of_significance":"1807-1904","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the town of Meredith, which does basic maintenance yearly; the form describes it as retaining a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.75888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001119/425075897d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001119/425075897d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ErixS","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Meredith_Cemetery,_West_Meredith_NY_---.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ErixS</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Meredith_Cemetery,_West_Meredith_NY_---.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317291","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Meredith_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985892"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/west-meredith-cemetery-03001119/"}