Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery
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Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery

Also known as Old Saint Peter's Cemetery, Richmond Cemetery, Saint Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Burial Ground, Saint Peter's German Catholic Cemetery, Saint Peter's Redemptorist Cemetery

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions Belgrade and Tioga Streets
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 United States
    Coordinates: 39.99030, -75.09560
  • 215-533-2574
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As early as 1843, the cemetery in the churchyard at Saint Peter the Apostle parish began to fill with the remains of German Catholics who were then populating the neighborhood around 5th and Girard. In 1849, one and a half acres on Almond, Richmond, and Tioga Streets in the Northern Liberties, just north of what was then the Philadelphia city limits, was purchased for $126.00 for a parish cemetery to supplement the burgeoning church of Saint Peter the Apostle. The first burial occurred in August 1849. Those interred in the churchyard were removed to this location in 1860 in order to make room for a new parochial school building at Saint Peter's parish. In 1867, an additional three acres were purchased in Port Richmond so that it encompassed an entire city block. This became known as Saint Peter's Cemetery.

The interments of Saint Peter's Cemetery grew so that in 1883 ten further acres were purchased in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia. This would become the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

As early as 1843, the cemetery in the churchyard at Saint Peter the Apostle parish began to fill with the remains of German Catholics who were then populating the neighborhood around 5th and Girard. In 1849, one and a half acres on Almond, Richmond, and Tioga Streets in the Northern Liberties, just north of what was then the Philadelphia city limits, was purchased for $126.00 for a parish cemetery to supplement the burgeoning church of Saint Peter the Apostle. The first burial occurred in August 1849. Those interred in the churchyard were removed to this location in 1860 in order to make room for a new parochial school building at Saint Peter's parish. In 1867, an additional three acres were purchased in Port Richmond so that it encompassed an entire city block. This became known as Saint Peter's Cemetery.

The interments of Saint Peter's Cemetery grew so that in 1883 ten further acres were purchased in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia. This would become the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

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  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 46240