{"nrhp_refnum":"96000038","name":"Hampton National Cemetery","other_names":["VDHR File No. 114-0148"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Jct. of Cemetery Rd. and Marshall Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton (Independent City)","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.02033612750006,"lon":-76.33299152464234,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hampton National Cemetery is a Civil War–era national cemetery on Cemetery Road at Marshall Avenue in Hampton, Virginia, about 2 miles from Fort Monroe. It was established in 1866 and includes a later detached Phoebus Section purchased in 1891.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A through the cemetery's association with the Civil War. Its land was set aside for the Hampton Military Hospital at Fort Monroe, a key Union base, and it became the burial ground for the war's dead from that region.","narrative":"Hampton National Cemetery occupies a rectilinear site on Cemetery Road in Hampton, Virginia, roughly 2 miles from Fort Monroe. Established in 1866 on about 11.5 acres, it grew with the 1891 purchase of the separate Phoebus Section. Granite and brick walls, wrought-iron gates, a 1940 Georgian Revival brick lodge, utility buildings and a 65-foot Quincy granite obelisk, raised through efforts led by Dorothea Dix, make up the contributing features. The grounds hold more than 25,000 casketed burials, including about 638 unknown soldiers, 272 Confederate dead and eight Medal of Honor recipients. The cemetery grew from land set aside for the Hampton Military Hospital at Fort Monroe, a major Union base throughout the Civil War. That link to the war's operations in the Hampton Roads region, including Big Bethel, the Monitor and Merrimack encounter and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference, underlies its listing for its association with the Civil War.","period_of_significance":"1868-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Georgian Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Officially closed to new graves in 1993, though interments in occupied and reserved graves and of cremated remains continue; the lodge was renovated in 1994 for use as the administrative office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.094961-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/96000038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000038/673382fe00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000038/673382fe00-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"David W. Haas, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampton_National_Cemetery,_Phoebus_Addition,_Cemetery_Road_at_Marshall_Avenue_(Hampton_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David W. Haas, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampton_National_Cemetery,_Phoebus_Addition,_Cemetery_Road_at_Marshall_Avenue_(Hampton_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835167","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/hampton-national-cemetery-96000038/"}