Evergreen Cemetery (Bisbee, Arizona)

 cemetery, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

Historic cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Established: 1912
Areas of significance: Community Planning & Development
Area: 14.31 acres
Date added to NRHP: 10/7/2005
Notes: Evergreen Cemetery replaced the Old City Park Cemetery in Brewery Gulch, which was upstream from the drinking water wells. Several astute folks of the late 19th century suggested that such a situation might pose a health risk to the early residents of Bisbee. By order of the Common Council of Bisbee in 1914, the transfer of the interments from the old cemetery to Evergreen had begun. Today, there are over 10,000 burials in the cemetery.