Potter's Field Bryant Park
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
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A public cemetery for Manhattan's poor and victims of contagious diseases, as well as the unknown, it extended from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue and from West 40th Street to West 42nd Street.
It was the successor to the Potter's Field at present-day Washington Square Park, and it was superseded by the Potter's Field on East 50th Street and Park Avenue.
During its years of use, it was called simply "Potter's Field" and it appears written as such in the Manhattan Death Registers of the day.
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▫ Years of use: 1823 — 1836.
▫ Cemetery disposition: Destroyed.
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After the above-ground Murray Hill Reservoir (Croton Distributing Reservoir) was built on the eastern half of the site (1837–1842), the western half of the cemetery was redeveloped as Reservoir Square (1847).
The site is now occupied by the New York Public Library and Bryant Park.
A public cemetery for Manhattan's poor and victims of contagious diseases, as well as the unknown, it extended from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue and from West 40th Street to West 42nd Street.
It was the successor to the Potter's Field at present-day Washington Square Park, and it was superseded by the Potter's Field on East 50th Street and Park Avenue.
During its years of use, it was called simply "Potter's Field" and it appears written as such in the Manhattan Death Registers of the day.
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▫ Years of use: 1823 — 1836.
▫ Cemetery disposition: Destroyed.
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After the above-ground Murray Hill Reservoir (Croton Distributing Reservoir) was built on the eastern half of the site (1837–1842), the western half of the cemetery was redeveloped as Reservoir Square (1847).
The site is now occupied by the New York Public Library and Bryant Park.
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
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- Added: 29 Nov 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2561363
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