Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Historic cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Established: c. 1863
Areas of significance: Art; Black Ethnic Heritage; European Ethnic Heritage; Community Planning and Development; Social History
Area: 92 acres
Also known as: Oakland Cemetery; Fraternal Cemetery; Jewish Cemetery; Hebrew Cemetery
Date added to NRHP: 4/20/2010
Other designations: U.S. Historic District
Notes: The Oakland (Fraternal) Cemetery was acquired by the city of Little Rock in 1860. Following the Civil War, the federal government purchased several acres of the city cemetery for the burial of the remains of Union soldiers. Within several years this section was designated as a National Cemetery. Eventually a Confederate section was added to the National Cemetery. Early members of Little Rock’s Jewish community had been making use of twelve lots purchased exclusively for their use at Mt. Holly Cemetery. Many of these remains were removed to Oakland Cemetery between 1913 and 1916, when its Jewish section became available. The cemetery also contains designated areas for segregation-era African-American interments.