Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Mount Olivet Cemetery
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| Established | 1858 |
| Location | Ivy City, Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°54′41″N 76°58′46″W / 38.911372°N 76.979449°WCoordinates: 38°54′41″N 76°58′46″W / 38.911372°N 76.979449°W |
| Type | private |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington |
| Size | 85 acres (340,000 m2) |
| No. of graves | More than 100,000 (as of August 2012) |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
Mount Olivet Cemetery is an historic cemetery located at 1300 Bladensburg Road, NE in Washington, D.C. It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The largest Catholic burial ground in the District of Columbia, it was one of the first in the city to be racially integrated.
On June 5, 1852, the Council of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia passed a local ordinance that barred the creation of new cemeteries anywhere within Georgetown or the area bounded by Boundary Street (northwest and northeast), 15th Street (east), East Capitol Street, the Anacostia River, the Potomac River, and Rock Creek. Existing Catholic cemeteries at St. Matthew's Church, St. Patrick Catholic Church, and St. Peter Catholic Church were nearly full. A number of new cemeteries were therefore established in the "rural" areas in and around Washington: Columbian Harmony Cemetery in D.C.; Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring, Maryland; Glenwood Cemetery in D.C.; and Woodlawn Cemetery in D.C. Father Charles I. White, the 51-year-old priest who had led St. St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church since 1857, was the individual most responsible for the creation of Mt. Olivet.
The cemetery was created in 1858. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, which then covered the District of Columbia, purchased 40 acres (0.16 km2) of Fenwick Farm for the cemetery. A gray stone lodge was built to mark the entrance. Because the burial grounds at St. Matthew's, St. Patrick, and St. Peter churches were all full, a number of graves were moved to newly established Mount Olivet in order to make room at the old cemeteries for new burials.
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