6 blks. between Broadway Ave., Ave. L, 43rd & 40th Sts., Galveston, Texas. County/parish: Galveston.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 13, 2014. NRIS 14000340.
2 contributing buildings. 7 contributing sites. 8 contributing structures. 8 contributing objects.
The Broadway Cemetery Historic District, also known as the Broadway Cemeteries, is a six-block collective of seven separate cemeteries in the city of Galveston, Texas, covering an area of 15.27 acres (6.18 ha). As of 2014, an estimated 6,000 people were buried in the district, including multiple prominent Galveston citizens. As of 2014, all cemeteries are still accepting new interments, although these are sporadic. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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