In architecture, a crypt (from the Latin crypta; meaning concealed, private) is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics.
Originally crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, but were later located beneath naves and transepts as well. Occasionally churches were raised high to accommodate a crypt at the ground level.
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Mount Zion Cemetery is a Freedman's cemetery, located at 27th Street and Q Steet, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.
In 1808 the Dumbarton Street Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property. Mount Zion United Methodist Church leased for 99 years the east end of the Dumbarton Church Cemetery in 1879. The west end was purchased by the Female Union Band Society, for the burial of free blacks. Interments ceased in 1950.
The Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation conducted an historical study of the Mt. Zion section of the cemetery. The cemetery became an Historical Landmark of the National Capital in 1975, and was placed on the National Register of Historical Places, on August 6, 1975.
Restoration is underway, by Dumbarton Church as the owner, Mt. Zion, and the Society for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown.
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Mount Zion Cemetery is a Freedman's cemetery, located at 27th Street and Q Steet, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.
In 1808 the Dumbarton Street Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property. Mount Zion United Methodist Church leased for 99 years the east end of the Dumbarton Church Cemetery in 1879. The west end was purchased by the Female Union Band Society, for the burial of free blacks. Interments ceased in 1950.
The Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation conducted an historical study of the Mt. Zion section of the cemetery. The cemetery became an Historical Landmark of the National Capital in 1975, and was placed on the National Register of Historical Places, on August 6, 1975.
Restoration is underway, by Dumbarton Church as the owner, Mt. Zion, and the Society for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown.
Tags: Washington District of Columbia United States Georgetown Mount Zion Cemetery National Register of Historic Places Cemetery Cemetery Art Graveyard Gravesite Tombstone Headstone Freedmen's Cemetery
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Mount Zion Cemetery is a Freedman's cemetery, located at 27th Street and Q Steet, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.
In 1808 the Dumbarton Street Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property. Mount Zion United Methodist Church leased for 99 years the east end of the Dumbarton Church Cemetery in 1879. The west end was purchased by the Female Union Band Society, for the burial of free blacks. Interments ceased in 1950.
The Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation conducted an historical study of the Mt. Zion section of the cemetery. The cemetery became an Historical Landmark of the National Capital in 1975, and was placed on the National Register of Historical Places, on August 6, 1975.
Restoration is underway, by Dumbarton Church as the owner, Mt. Zion, and the Society for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown.
Tags: Washington District of Columbia United States Georgetown Mount Zion Cemetery National Register of Historic Places Cemetery Cemetery Art Graveyard Gravesite Tombstone Headstone Freedmen's Cemetery
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Mount Zion Cemetery is a Freedman's cemetery, located at 27th Street and Q Steet, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.
In 1808 the Dumbarton Street Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property. Mount Zion United Methodist Church leased for 99 years the east end of the Dumbarton Church Cemetery in 1879. The west end was purchased by the Female Union Band Society, for the burial of free blacks. Interments ceased in 1950.
The Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation conducted an historical study of the Mt. Zion section of the cemetery. The cemetery became an Historical Landmark of the National Capital in 1975, and was placed on the National Register of Historical Places, on August 6, 1975.
Restoration is underway, by Dumbarton Church as the owner, Mt. Zion, and the Society for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown.
Tags: Washington District of Columbia United States Georgetown Mount Zion Cemetery National Register of Historic Places Cemetery Cemetery Art Graveyard Gravesite Tombstone Headstone Freedmen's Cemetery
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