{"nrhp_refnum":"04000824","name":"Riverside Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"400 Vestal Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Endicott","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.09364556700007,"lon":-76.05839030299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-acre cemetery at 400 Vestal Avenue in Endicott, Broome County, New York, on the north bank of the Susquehanna River. It was first used as a burial ground in 1792 and formally set apart as a cemetery in 1872.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant for its link to the early settlement and development of the historic town of Union. It was the main burial ground for Union and Vestal and holds nearly six thousand interments over more than two centuries. Its graves and markers record the origins, families and social history of the area, including the village of Union, which no longer exists as a political entity.","narrative":"Riverside Cemetery occupies six acres beside the Susquehanna River in Endicott, New York. The ground was used for the first burial in 1792, later passed to a Dutch Reformed congregation and then a Presbyterian one, and was formally set apart as a cemetery in 1872. It served as the main burial place for the towns of Union and Vestal. The grounds are flat and open, with a grid-like layout and markers ranging from early limestone stones, some by the carver Jonas W. Stewart, to obelisks, columns and six stone vaults built between 1888 and 1908. Nearly six thousand burials include Revolutionary War settlers, Huguenot families such as the Mersereaus, local doctors, merchants and officials, and veterans of seven wars. Listing recognises the cemetery as a record of Union's settlement and growth, including the village absorbed into Endicott in the early twentieth century. Burials continue today.","period_of_significance":"1791-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The cemetery continues in use, with the newest burials in the far western plots and the Z plots. It has one non-historic concrete block office and equipment building from 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.411672-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000824.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000824/36ca167fd6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000824/36ca167fd6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tkeator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_Cemetery.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tkeator</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:Riverside_Cemetery.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Cemetery_(Endicott,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7338436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/riverside-cemetery-04000824/"}