Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia

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Get directions 238 E Princess Anne Road
Norfolk, Virginia 23510 United States

Coordinates: 36.86151, -76.28245
757-441-2576
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While graves date back to 1806, Cedar Grove Cemetery was established as Norfolk's first municipal cemetery in 1825 following the closure of St. Paul's churchyard and the enactment of an ordinance restricting the creation and/or use of private burial grounds within city limits.

Cedar Grove was designed in the Victorian park fashion with several large family vaults, popular from 1830 - 1870. These vaults are half above ground and half below ground and are usually an arched structure of masonry or concrete containing either shelves or enclosed spaces inside upon/in which to place coffins. Family vaults could hold up to 20 family members. Cedar Grove also has some unusual honeycomb tombs wherein a rectangular chamber is enclosed by an arc of outer walling so that the graves multiply outwards from the original single cell at the center.