{"nrhp_refnum":"99000348","name":"Tubman, Harriet, Grave","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Fort Hill Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.92467904800003,"lon":-76.57426853999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The grave of Harriet Tubman in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York, marked by a simple granite gravestone about 3 feet tall beneath a Norway spruce. She was buried there in 1913.","why_significant":"The grave is nominated under Criterion B for its association with Harriet Tubman, a person of outstanding importance in American history, and under Criteria Consideration C as a grave. It is also a commemorative site and a regular stop on the annual pilgrimage held by the A.M.E. Zion Church. The nomination states that it retains integrity of setting, location, feeling and association.","narrative":"Harriet Tubman's grave lies in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York, in a section laid out in the Olmsted tradition with curving roads and paths across hilly ground. It rests among several others beneath a large Norway spruce. The granite stone, roughly three feet tall, has a gently curved top with concave notches at the corners. The front carries the name Harriet Tubman Davis. The back commemorates her work on the Underground Railroad and her service as scout and nurse in the Civil War, and includes the words \"Servant of God, Well Done.\" Tubman died on March 10, 1913, and was buried with military honors after a funeral attended by hundreds. At that time only the spruce marked the spot. The present stone was placed in 1937 by the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs. The grave was listed for its link to Tubman, celebrated as a hero of the Underground Railroad and the Civil War and admired for her later charitable work, and it remains a pilgrimage destination.","period_of_significance":"1913","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Still a pilgrimage site and the focus of an annual pilgrimage conducted by the A.M.E. Zion Church; the setting and the Norway spruce remain.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.949283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000348.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000348/59d63d6d10-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000348/59d63d6d10-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tubman_grave.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Tubman_grave.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman_Grave","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5664351"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/tubman-harriet-grave-99000348/"}