Colonial Park Cemetery
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Colonial Park Cemetery

Photo: Daniel Mayer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Burial ground established in 1750, with burials ending in 1853. A regular stop on Savannah's ghost tours.

Address
200 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401
Hours
Check the official website or call ahead for current hours.
Admission
Check the official website.
Access
cemetery (open daylight hours; City of Savannah prohibits haunted/paranormal tours inside city cemeteries, so night tours stop outside the gates)

About

Colonial Park Cemetery (locally and informally known as Colonial Cemetery; historically known as the Old Cemetery) is an 18th- and early 19th-century burial ground located in downtown Savannah, Georgia. It became a city park in 1896, 43 years after burials in the cemetery ceased, and is open to visitors.

The cemetery was established in 1750, when Savannah was the capital of the British Province of Georgia, last of the Thirteen Colonies. By 1789 it had expanded three times to reach its current six acres bounded by East Oglethorpe Avenue (to the north), Habersham Street (east), East Perry Lane (south) and Abercorn Street (west). Savannah's primary public cemetery throughout its 103 active years, its previous names have included the Old Cemetery, Old Brick Graveyard, South Broad Street Cemetery, and Christ Church Cemetery.

Text from Wikipedia, Colonial Park Cemetery, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

History highlights

  • Dates to 1750
  • Contributing property in a National Register historic district

What to see

  • John Berrien
  • Archibald Bulloch
  • Samuel Elbert
  • Button Gwinnett
  • James Habersham
  • John Habersham
  • Joseph Habersham
  • James Johnston

Named in the Wikipedia article cited below.

Tips

  • Hours and admission change: check the official website before you go.
  • City rules bar haunted and paranormal tours inside city cemeteries, so night tours tell these stories from outside the gates.
  • Featured on 12 ghost tours; see the links below.

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