{"nrhp_refnum":"97000021","name":"Wilmington National Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"2011 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"New Hanover County","state":"NC","lat":34.23813955800006,"lon":-77.92545594299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-acre national cemetery at 2011 Market Street in Wilmington, North Carolina, established on February 20, 1867, with a lodge, perimeter wall, gate, rostrum, flagpole and a utility building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for its association with the Civil War. It places the cemetery in the context of Wilmington's role as a major Confederate blockade-running port and the Union attacks on Fort Fisher. It is part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries multiple property listing.","narrative":"Wilmington National Cemetery occupies five level acres at 2011 Market Street in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. It was established on February 20, 1867, and as of mid-1996 held more than 5,600 casketed remains and 252 cremated remains. Graves were first marked with wooden headboards, later replaced by upright marble headstones. Group burials include soldiers removed from Fort Fisher and unidentified Black soldiers moved from near Burgaw. The grounds include a brick perimeter wall built from 1875 to 1878 and partly rebuilt in the 1930s, a wrought-iron gate and fence along Market Street, an octagonal brick and iron rostrum finished in 1887, a flagpole, and a 1934 Dutch Colonial Revival lodge with a slate gambrel roof. A 1939 utility building is counted as noncontributing. The cemetery was listed for its link to the Civil War. Wilmington was a vital blockade-running port supplying Lee's army, and the fighting at nearby Fort Fisher in 1864 and 1865 led to its capture. The cemetery closed to new burials in 1987, except for reserved graves.","period_of_significance":"1867-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Closed to new interments in February 1987 except in occupied or reserved graves; still used as a cemetery, with 43 reserved gravesites remaining as of June 30, 1996.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.386503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/97000021.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000021/379a8d70dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000021/379a8d70dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilmington_National_Cemetery_(Wilmington,_NC)_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Wilmington_National_Cemetery_(Wilmington,_NC)_3.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000317","name":"Carolina Heights Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/carolina-heights-historic-district-99000317/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8022768"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/new-hanover-county/wilmington-national-cemetery-97000021/"}