{"nrhp_refnum":"08000106","name":"Concordia Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"438 Walden Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.90821686400005,"lon":-78.8194868331095,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Concordia Cemetery is a 15-acre German Lutheran and Evangelical burial ground at 438 Walden Avenue on Buffalo's east side, founded in 1859 by three German churches. It includes a former farmhouse, a barn, an iron fence and about 16,800 burials.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for the cemetery's link to Buffalo's German immigrant and German American community between 1859 and 1957. Its German-language inscriptions record family origins and cultural identity. Its location in the historic German neighborhood is a rare physical reminder of a once large community that is now largely dispersed.","narrative":"Concordia Cemetery occupies about 15 acres on Buffalo's east side, roughly three miles from downtown. Three German churches, Holy Trinity, St. Peter's and St. Stephen's, founded it in 1859 on land that already held a farmhouse and barn, which became the cemetery office and maintenance building. The grounds follow a simple grid along a central drive, with one section reserved for each congregation. About 16,800 burials are recorded, marked by marble, Medina sandstone and later granite monuments. Many inscriptions are in German and name the towns where immigrants were born. A nineteenth-century cast and wrought iron fence runs along Walden Avenue, and a replica entrance arch was installed in 2006. The cemetery is valued for its connection to Buffalo's German community, which by 1900 made up about 40 percent of the city's population. Its monuments and setting preserve evidence of a tightly knit ethnic neighborhood that has largely dispersed.","period_of_significance":"1859-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery. The gateway arch was replaced in 2006, and the property is described as substantially unaltered with a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.320876-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000106/af59e2a2c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000106/af59e2a2c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shinerunner (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concordia_Cemetery1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinerunner (talk)</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:Concordia_Cemetery1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317582","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_Cemetery_(Buffalo,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5158953"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/concordia-cemetery-08000106/"}