{"nrhp_refnum":"06001077","name":"Garbuttsville Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Union St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garbutt","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.01499638700005,"lon":-77.79112712699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Art","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-acre country cemetery on the east side of Union Street in the hamlet of Garbutt, Town of Wheatland, Monroe County, New York, begun in 1827 on land given by John Garbutt. It holds about 570 graves.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact early country cemetery that reflects the history of the former milling and industrial hamlet of Garbuttsville and shows the development of small vernacular cemeteries. It contains the graves of many early settlers, including a Revolutionary War veteran and War of 1812 veterans, and a large African-American section tied to post-Civil War migration from Virginia. Its monuments illustrate modest and middle-class grave markers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","narrative":"Garbuttsville Cemetery is a one-acre burial ground on Union Street in the hamlet of Garbutt, in the Town of Wheatland, Monroe County. It began in 1827, when John Garbutt gave land for a Presbyterian church and cemetery. The church building was short-lived and was demolished in 1856, after which the cemetery expanded toward the street. The terraced grounds hold about 570 graves, arranged in north-south rows with stones facing west. Markers include marble stones carved with willows and urns, obelisks, and later granite monuments. Many of the area's earliest settlers are buried here, among them Revolutionary War veteran Rufus Cady, War of 1812 veterans, and mill owner John Garbutt himself. The cemetery also contains the largest African-American section in the town, linked to families who came from Virginia after the Civil War, and the graves of abolitionists from the McVean family. It was listed for its association with the hamlet's settlement and milling history and for its representative monuments.","period_of_significance":"1827-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery, with gravestones dating from the early nineteenth century to the present.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.227059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06001077.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001077/0f60663323-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001077/0f60663323-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GARBUTTSVILLE_CEMETERY,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:GARBUTTSVILLE_CEMETERY,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318826","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbuttsville_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5522048"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/garbuttsville-cemetery-06001077/"}