African Burial Ground Historic District

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/African_Burial_Ground_Historic_District
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1993
gptkbp:area 6.6 acres
gptkbp:associatedWith enslaved Africans
free Africans
gptkbp:city gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Duane_Street
gptkb:Ted_Weiss_Federal_Building
gptkb:African_Burial_Ground_National_Monument
gptkb:Foley_Square
gptkb:Reade_Street
gptkb:Elk_Street
290 Broadway
African Burial Ground Memorial
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designation National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:designationYear April 19, 1993
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1991
gptkbp:excavation_led_by gptkb:U.S._General_Services_Administration
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:National_Park_Service
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label African Burial Ground Historic District
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lower_Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:memorial_dedicated October 5, 2007
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 93001598
gptkbp:number_of_burials estimated 15,000-20,000
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance 17th century
18th century
gptkbp:significance gptkb:cemetery
African-American history
archaeology
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 2015
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:280_Broadway,_Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7