Evergreen Cemetery - Jacksonville, FL - Ghosts and Hauntings on Waymarking.com

"Evergreen Cemetery is the oldest fully operating cemetery in Jacksonville, with the first burial occurring in 1881.

The cemetery is comprised of 170 acres and over 70,000 burials. When the cemetery opened, remains were moved there from a downtown area near State Street and from the Old City Cemetery. At one time there was a train depot at Evergreen for visitors from the city and holding vaults nearby awaiting bodies for burial.

Evergreen is said to It's said to be haunted by the "Lady in Violet," a man in old-fashioned attire near an unmarked mausoleum and the ghost of a woman near the "Ugly Angel" tombstone."

--Metro Jacksonville (visit link)

Public access?: Accessible daily during visitor hours Visting hours: Winter visiting hours: 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Sunday Summer visiting hours: 7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]

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