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Second Blockley Almshouse Cemetery

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Coordinates: 39.94565, -75.19765
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The second Blockley Almshouse Cemetery was first used in ca. 1865 after the first cemetery had been closed and its property sold. Covering about an acre in extent, this second cemetery was used to bury deceased inmates of the Blockley almshouse, both in large pits and in individual, stacked graves. It was also used to bury autopsied and dissected remains and other medical waste.


Closed ca. 1895, the cemetery was soon covered by tons of ash and scrub brush, and by the 1930s the City had opened new, paved streets through it; by the late 1940s, a portion of it was paved under a parking lot.


In 2001, about half of the burial ground's former extent was excavated for construction of a new parking garage located at the intersection of University Avenue and Civic Center Boulevard. After completion of the archaeological excavations, all of the individuals from the single grave shafts were reburied in The Woodlands Cemetery located adjacent to the former Blockley Almshouse property.

The second Blockley Almshouse Cemetery was first used in ca. 1865 after the first cemetery had been closed and its property sold. Covering about an acre in extent, this second cemetery was used to bury deceased inmates of the Blockley almshouse, both in large pits and in individual, stacked graves. It was also used to bury autopsied and dissected remains and other medical waste.


Closed ca. 1895, the cemetery was soon covered by tons of ash and scrub brush, and by the 1930s the City had opened new, paved streets through it; by the late 1940s, a portion of it was paved under a parking lot.


In 2001, about half of the burial ground's former extent was excavated for construction of a new parking garage located at the intersection of University Avenue and Civic Center Boulevard. After completion of the archaeological excavations, all of the individuals from the single grave shafts were reburied in The Woodlands Cemetery located adjacent to the former Blockley Almshouse property.

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