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Bookmark or Share- Historic Eden CemeteryWelcome to Historic Eden Cemetery. Since its beginning, Eden has been a steward of the history and culture of a people, of communities made invisible, and of Philadelphia’s earliest African American burial grounds and cemeteries. With over 90,000 persons entrusted to our care, it is the final resting place of many distinguished residents.
- Beginnings - Historic Eden CemeteryFerguson, Eden Cemetery is Philadelphia's African American answer to a burial crisis created in the community, due to segregation, urban expansion, public works projects, vandelism, condemnation, and the closure of earlier Black burial grounds and cemeteries. Having a dignified place for burial was a long-standing challenge to African Americans ...
- Historic Eden Cemetery - Visit Delco PAHistoric Eden Cemetery, located in Collingdale, Delaware County, is a historic African American cemetery established in 1902. Spanning across 53 acres, it is the oldest existing black owned cemetery in the nation and the final resting place for thousands, some who even played important and prominent roles in American history.
- Contact Us - Historic Eden CemeteryEden Cemetery and Eden Cemetery Company Office. 1434 Springfield Road Collingdale, Pennsylvania 19023. ph: 610-583-8737 fax: 610-586-0843. info@edencemetery.org
- Eden Cemetery interment records - Philadelphia Area ArchivesThe Eden Cemetery interment records, 1902-2015, consist of interment books, deed and certificate books, section books, financial records, and legal papers that document the burials and lot sales at Eden Cemetery. The collection also includes the Cemetery's charter from 1902.
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