| 词条 | Bethel Burial Ground |
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| name = Bethel Burial Ground | nrhp_type = | image = SW corner Bethel Burial Ground Philly.jpg | caption = Southwest corner of Weccacoe Playground, which covers the burial ground | location= 405-425 Queen St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | coordinates = {{coord|39|56|16|N|75|9|3|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA | built = 1810 | architect = | architecture = | added = January 6, 2016 | area = {{convert|0.28|acre}} | governing_body = Local | mpsub = | refnum = 15000734 }} Bethel Burial Ground is a historic cemetery located in south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beneath part of the surface of Weccacoe Playground, which is bounded by Queen, S. Lawrence, Catherine, and S. Liethgow Streets. The burial ground was about 100 feet square and is located below the southwest corner of the current playground. HistoryBurials began in 1810 after the land was bought by the Rev. Richard Allen for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, located about half a mile north, to be a resting place for African-Americans. Bills of mortality and death certificates document 1,716 burials on the {{convert|0.28|acre}} site before 1830.[1] Large amounts of fill were used on the site to accommodate burials after 1842, in effect stacking graves on top of earlier graves. Estimates of the total burials range from 3,000 - 5,000. Burials ended in 1864 and the site was neglected. From 1869-1873 the lot was used for storage of wagons and other equipment by a sugar refiner and was further degraded. Bethel Church sold the property in 1889. By 1900 it had been transformed into a park, then known a Weccacoe Square.[1] A preliminary excavation has firmly established the extent of the cemetery, found evidence of many grave shafts, and of layers of fill, and one gravestone reading "Amelia Brown, 1819, Aged 26 years - Whosoever live and believeth in me, though we [sic] be dead, yet shall we [sic] live."[1][2] Weccacoe PlaygroundWeccacoe Playground, located on the 400 block of Catharine Street, features a playground that dates back to 1910.[3] Part of the park was built over the Bethel Burial Ground. The park includes a recreation center, two tennis courts, a playground and water play area.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Wunsch|first1=Aaron|title=Bethel Burial Ground|url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/PA_Philadelphia_BethelBurialGround_nomination.pdf|website=PHMC|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|accessdate=30 January 2016|date=15 July 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Crimmins|first1=Peter|title=Reviving the memory of thousands forgotten in burial ground beneath Philly playground|url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/arts-culture/item/57756-seeking-to-preserve-sacred-ground-of-bethel-graves-beneath-queen-village-playground|website=NewsWorks.org|accessdate=30 January 2016|date=26 July 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Future Of Queen Village Playground Includes Look At Buried Black History|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/18/future-of-queen-village-playground-includes-look-at-buried-black-history/|publisher=CBS Philly|accessdate=21 March 2016|date=July 18, 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Sensitivity and the search for common ground at Weccacoe Playground / Bethel Burying Ground|url=http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestreet/2014/05/06/sensitivity-and-the-search-for-common-ground-at-weccacoe-playground-bethel-burying-ground|publisher=Plan Philly|accessdate=21 March 2016|date=May 6, 2014}} External links{{commonscat|Bethel Burial Ground}}
5 : Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia|Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia|Municipal parks in Philadelphia|National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia|South Philadelphia |
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