Historic Name

Gate to Colored Cemetery

Address

187 Witherspoon Street

Tax Parcel

1114_21.01_14

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

Material

Iron

Historic Function

Religion

Current Function

Religion

Last Entry Update

2/9/2020

Setting

Description

An iron picket fence with a central pair of gates follows the sidewalk line and returns to the building setback lines on the sides. A central asphalt walk leads back to the cemetery amidst mixed plantings and a few small monuments.

Built

1900

Architect

Builder

History

It is difficult to determine the age of this gate, however the gate leads to the "Colored Cemetery" section of the Princeton cemetery. The Colored Cemetery opened in 1807, but the gate appears to date much later in the century.

Sources

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2015 Photo
Cemetery Gate, facing east