Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery - Athens, GA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery located at Fourth and Bray Streets, by Springfield Baptist Church, Athens, GA.

Text from the historic marker ocated at the Cemetery.

The Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery was founded in 1882 by the Gospel Pilgrim Society, a fraternal organization, to furnish respectable funerals and burial places for Athens-area African Americans. Popular in the nineteenth century, such societies offset funeral costs and ensured a funeral procession and proper burial for members. The cemetery illustrates a Reconstruction-era departure in the black community from burial sites associated with specific churches. Gospel Pilgrim also contains fine examples of African-American funerary art. Approximately 3500 persons are buried here, including state legislator Madison Davis and nationally recognized folk artist Harriet Powers.

2008.8 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and East Athens Development Corporation, Inc. 29-6

More information see:
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in Athens, GA (visit link)
and
DAWG Tags (visit link)

Street address: 530 Fourth St. Athens, GA UDA 30606 County / Borough / Parish: Clarke Year listed: 2006 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: ?? Historic function: funerary - Cemetery Current function: funerary - Cemetery Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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