{"nrhp_refnum":"97000022","name":"Raleigh National Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"501 Rock Quarry Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.773665434000065,"lon":-78.62039154199994,"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 nearly seven-acre national cemetery at 501 Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, established in 1865 and enclosed by a brick wall built around 1875. It includes a lodge, utility building, rostrum, gates and monuments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Civil War. It was established when Union forces under General Sherman held Raleigh in 1865, and it received Union dead brought from battlefields and burial sites across eastern North Carolina. It is also part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries multiple property group.","narrative":"Raleigh National Cemetery is a nearly seven-acre, largely flat burial ground at 501 Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, laid out as a grassy rectangle with a loop drive, numbered burial sections and mature shade trees. A brick wall dating to about 1875 encloses the grounds, and wrought-iron entrance gates were added in 1936. A Colonial Revival lodge from 1938, a 1916 utility building, a 1931 octagonal rostrum and an artillery-tube monument are among the contributing features. The cemetery was established in 1865, when Union forces under General William T. Sherman held Raleigh near the end of the Civil War. Remains were brought in from places including Averysboro, Bentonville, Goldsboro, Greensboro and Henderson, and were buried by state where possible. Later burials include World War II group graves and a Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient. The site was listed for its Civil War association, with a period of significance from 1865 to 1936. It closed to new interments in 1990.","period_of_significance":"1865-1936","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The cemetery closed to new burials in 1990; a few gravesites remained available as of June 1996, and the lodge was last used as a superintendent's residence until November 1995.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.044615-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/97000022.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000022/634ce1fe0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000022/634ce1fe0d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"robrcb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raleigh_National_Cemetery_in_Fall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">robrcb</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raleigh_National_Cemetery_in_Fall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7286928"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/raleigh-national-cemetery-97000022/"}