Center Cemetery

USA / Connecticut / West Hartford / North Main Street, 30
 cemetery, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
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Historic cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Established: c. 1719
- Areas of significance: Art; Religion; Black Ethnic Heritage; Social History
- Also known as: Old Center Burying Yard
- Date added to NRHP: 5/3/2002

This was West Hartford's first cemetery, and its only one until 1790. Many prominent figures in the town's early history are buried here, including the parents of famed lexicographer and author Noah Webster. Another interment in the cemetery is that of Bristol, an enslaved African who ultimately purchased his own freedom in 1775 from the prominent Hooker family of Hartford.

NRHP #02000421
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Center_Burying_Yard
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Coordinates:   41°45'51"N   72°44'30"W
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