Airmount Grave Shelter
Airmount Grave Shelter | |
 The grave shelter in Airmount Cemetery. | |
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| Nearest city | Thomasville, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 31°58′8″N 87°40′9″W / 31.96889°N 87.66917°WCoordinates: 31°58′8″N 87°40′9″W / 31.96889°N 87.66917°W |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Clarke County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000142[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 2000 |
The Airmount Grave Shelter, also known as the Hope Family Grave Shelter is a brick grave shelter, or grave house, located in the Airmount Cemetery near Thomasville, Alabama. It is unusual in that it protects six graves instead of the more common one grave. The brick structure was built in 1853 by John Hope. It is built in a vernacular Greek Revival style with a gabled roof. The interior features a wooden vaulted ceiling.[2] The shelter was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 2000, as a part of the Clarke County Multiple Property Submission.[1]
Burials[]
The shelter contains the graves of the following individuals:[3]
- Archibald H. Hope, May 20, 1823 – September 26, 1850.
- Margaret Hope, November 20, 1797 – May 1851.
- Jane A. Hope, February 9, 1813 – November 22, 1852.
- John Allison Hope, October 3, 1855 – October 25, 1856.
- John Hope, October 3, 1791 – April 6, 1868.
- Sarah Jane Powell Hope, July 7, 1829 – July 7, 1885.
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Old Airmount Cemetery Records". Nita Munoz. Archived from the original on 2005-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
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