Airmount Grave Shelter

Airmount Grave Shelter

The grave shelter in Airmount Cemetery.
Nearest city Thomasville, Alabama
Coordinates 31°58′8″N 87°40′9″W / 31.96889°N 87.66917°W / 31.96889; -87.66917Coordinates: 31°58′8″N 87°40′9″W / 31.96889°N 87.66917°W / 31.96889; -87.66917
Built 1853
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Clarke County MPS
NRHP Reference # 00000142[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 2000

The Airmount Grave Shelter, also known as the Hope Family Grave Shelter is a brick grave shelter, or grave house, located in the Airmount Cemetery near Thomasville, Alabama. It is unusual in that it protects six graves instead of the more common one grave. The brick structure was built in 1853 by John Hope. It is built in a vernacular Greek Revival style with a gabled roof. The interior features a wooden vaulted ceiling.[2] The shelter was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 2000 as a part of the Clarke County Multiple Property Submission.[1]

Burials

The interior

The shelter contains the graves of the following individuals:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Clarke County MPS" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  3. "Old Airmount Cemetery Records". Nita Munoz. Archived from the original on 2005-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-06.


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