City Cemetery, located on 7.68 acres at East and Hargett Streets and New Bern Avenue, is the oldest public cemetery in Raleigh, established by the NC General Assembly in 1798. Burials include founding fathers of Raleigh, legislators, free and slave African Americans, and stone masons from England and Scotland who helped build the state capitol building.
2011 Tornado Damage
Raleigh City Cemetery, Post-Tornado from abbyladybug on Vimeo.
On April 16, 2011, a historic multiple tornado event damaged the City of Raleigh's three historic cemeteries: City Cemetery, O'Rorke-Catholic Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery. All experienced significant tree and headstone damage.
In order to move forward with clean-up efforts, authorization was required from various government organizations including the State of North Carolina, and FEMA. The City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department has a team of restoration specialists, City staff, historic professionals, restoration experts (Ruderick Restorations - monument conservator), arborists (ArborMax Tree Service) and others worked together to repair the damage and remove debris.
The hazard tree and debris removal started on Thursday, December 1, 2011.
Due to a significant number of large felled trees, hanging limbs, broken headstones, and unstable grounds, the cemeteries remained closed to the general public until repairs are complete.
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