Orange Hill Cemetery, 2001

Orange Hill Cemetery, 2001

Orange Hill Cemetery

Orlando (Fla.)

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Orange Hill Cemetery, located approximately at 1700 East Michigan Street in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. Forty acres of land for the graveyard was purchased by Orange County in 1904 to use for the burial of paupers. The cemetery was active from 1917 to 1961. The first documented burial was of Richard Johnson, who died of "insanity" at the county jail on May 8, 1907. There are limited records of who was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery or how many graves there are, although a survey conducted in 1955 indicated that there were 522 gravesites. In 1997, Orange County officials and the Orange County Historical Society began efforts to properly maintain the cemetery.

Cook, Thomas

Original color image by Thomas Cook, 2001: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

2001

Cook, Thomas

Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Orange Hill Cemetery, Orlando, Florida

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Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by RICHES of Central Florida.

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Cepero, Laura

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Lancaster, Cory. "Cemetery For Paupers Will Finally Get Respect." The Orlando Sentinel, December 28, 1997. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-12-28/news/9712260346_1_county-historical-museum-pauper-county-home.

Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.

ORANGE HLL CEMETERY
1907-1943

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