{"nrhp_refnum":"79002706","name":"Fulton-Presbyterian Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Carrel St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.106792161000044,"lon":-84.43303035699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An abandoned plat of land on Carrel Street in the Columbia-Tusculum area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, containing two adjoining burial grounds, the Columbia Presbyterian Cemetery and the Fulton Cemetery, in use from about 1805 to 1865.","why_significant":"The Columbia Presbyterian Cemetery is described as among the oldest in Cincinnati, tied to a church founded in 1790 and holding an 1804 tombstone. The adjoining Fulton Cemetery dates from 1838 and holds the grave of Sergeant William Brown, described as the nation's first Purple Heart recipient.","narrative":"Two adjoining cemeteries on Carrel Street in Cincinnati's Columbia-Tusculum area make up this abandoned burial ground. The Columbia Presbyterian Cemetery is among the oldest in the city and is linked to the Columbia First Presbyterian Church, founded in 1790. It holds an 1804 tombstone and others dated 1824 through the 1840s. Next to it lies the Fulton Cemetery, established after land was bought from Nicholas Longworth in 1838 to replace the original Fulton Mechanics Cemetery downstream. Most of its graves date from the 1840s and 1850s. Sergeant William Brown, described as the nation's first Purple Heart recipient, honored by George Washington in 1783, is buried here. About 150 graves are present, though far fewer have monuments, and those that remain are heavily damaged by exposure and vandalism. Remnants of a wrought iron fence survive. The site is hemmed in by a railroad, a dump and the city water works, and its condition is described as poor and rapidly worsening.","period_of_significance":"circa 1805-1865","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Abandoned and in rapidly deteriorating condition; most markers are broken or hidden in undergrowth, with damage from neglect and vandals. Surrounded by a railroad, a dump and the Cincinnati water works.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.350216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002706.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002706/de2964fc2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002706/de2964fc2b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulton-Presbyterian_Cemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulton-Presbyterian_Cemetery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985490","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton-Presbyterian_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5508395"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/fulton-presbyterian-cemetery-79002706/"}