{"nrhp_refnum":"11000994","name":"Jefferson Street Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"E. side of Jefferson St. between Martha St. & Aspen Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ellicottville","county":"Cattaraugus County","state":"NY","lat":42.27245073700004,"lon":-78.66837670799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 1.75-acre town-owned burial ground on the east side of Jefferson Street (SR 219) at the edge of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, New York, established in 1817 and bordered on the north by Great Valley Creek.","why_significant":"The cemetery is the village's first burial ground and holds the graves of many early settlers, prominent business owners, politicians, and War of 1812 and Civil War veterans. It is significant under Criterion A in Exploration/Settlement and Social History, with Criteria Consideration D for cemeteries. The burial records also give demographic information about the early village that is often missing from surviving town and village records.","narrative":"Jefferson Street Cemetery is a small burial ground of about 1.75 acres on the edge of Ellicottville, New York, set between Jefferson Street and Great Valley Creek. It was laid out in 1817 after the death of a child created the need for a burial plot. Graves run in north-to-south rows, oriented east to west, with markers of sandstone, marble, and granite carved with willows, urns, lambs, and Masonic or military symbols. Burials date from 1817 to 2003, and a volunteer committee has recorded 413 of them. Those interred include early settlers such as Baker Leonard and members of the Fox and Huntley families, newspaper publisher Delos Sill, veterans of the War of 1812 and Civil War, and two African American residents, William Sheffield and Martha Maybee. The cemetery was recognized for its link to the settlement and social history of Ellicottville, a former county seat, and for the demographic information its records preserve. The town owns and maintains the site.","period_of_significance":"1817-1961","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as still active but inactive in practice; the most recent burial was in 2003, and only two burials have taken place after 1961. Most markers are in good condition, though some are broken, weathered, or obscured by growth.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.488843-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000994.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000994/d4929fcfb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000994/d4929fcfb7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_Street_Cemetery_Apr_12.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_Street_Cemetery_Apr_12.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316652","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Street_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706641"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cattaraugus-county/jefferson-street-cemetery-11000994/"}