{"nrhp_refnum":"03001144","name":"Upper Middleburgh Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Huntersland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburgh","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.589229618000076,"lon":-74.31845864207611,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hillside Victorian rural cemetery of about 16 acres on Huntersland Road in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, established in 1865 by the Middleburgh Cemetery Association. It includes a chapel, a maintenance building, the Foster Mausoleum and the Timothy Murphy memorial.","why_significant":"The cemetery is argued to be an intact, representative example of a Victorian rural cemetery, with terraces, carriage paths and ornamental plantings that express Romantic landscape design. It also holds notable funerary art, including work by sculptor Evelyn Longman and architect Henry Bacon. Its burial sections for paupers, African Americans and Civil War veterans reflect the social history of the Middleburgh community.","narrative":"Upper Middleburgh Cemetery occupies a steep, west-facing hillside of about 16 acres on Huntersland Road, overlooking the village of Middleburgh and the Schoharie Valley. Founded in 1865 by the Middleburgh Cemetery Association to replace church and family burial grounds, it follows the Victorian rural cemetery model, with terraced burial sections, carriage and walking paths, and ornamental pines, spruce and arborvitae. An estimated 4,000 interments are located here. Separate areas were set aside for paupers, for African American residents and for Grand Army of the Republic veterans, and four U.S. Colored Troops veterans lie in the GAR plot. Grave markers range from plain fieldstones to marble and granite monuments and cast zinc examples. Notable features include the granite Foster Mausoleum, designed by Henry Bacon and topped by Evelyn Longman's sculpture of Faith, Hope and Charity, and a 1910 bronze memorial to Revolutionary War scout Timothy Murphy. A 1920s Neo-Gothic chapel and a frame maintenance building also contribute. The Village of Middleburgh has owned the site since 1948.","period_of_significance":"1865-1948","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a cemetery and owned by the Village of Middleburgh since 1948; the former chapel serves as a winter receiving vault and the maintenance building is used by the village public works department.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.063032-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001144.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001144/f63ff1c1f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001144/f63ff1c1f5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Sgt. bender at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Murphymonument.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sgt. bender at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Murphymonument.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Middleburgh_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7898785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/upper-middleburgh-cemetery-03001144/"}