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Joseph Rodman Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground Designation Report

Date Published:

2023-12-12

Description:

Laid out c. 1910 in the Hunts Point neighborhood, Joseph Rodman Drake Park and Enslaved People's Burial Ground is a New York City park containing two colonial-era cemeteries one for the Hunt-Willett-Leggett families and their descendants and the other for the enslaved people who worked for them.

Agency:

Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)

Subject(s):

Archaeology, Cemeteries, and Bronx

Report Type:

Other