Airmount Grave Shelter

Infobox_nrhp | name =Airmount Grave Shelter
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nearest_city= Thomasville, Alabama
lat_degrees = 31
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 8
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alabama
area =
built =1853
architect=
architecture= Greek Revival
added = February 24, 2000
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Clarke County MPS
refnum=00000142cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] 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 the Greek Revival style with a gabled roof. The interior features a wooden vaulted ceiling.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500005.pdf|title="Clarke County MPS"|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=2008-10-06] The shelter was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 2000 as a part of the Clarke County MPS.

Burials

The shelter contains the graves of the following individuals:cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3150/gildercem.html#Here|title="Old Airmount Cemetery Records"|work=Nita Munoz|accessdate=2008-10-06]
*Archibald H. Hope, born May 20, 1823 and died September 26, 1850.
*Margaret Hope, born Nov 20, 1797 and died May 1851.
*Jane A. Hope, born February 9, 1813 and died November 22, 1852.
*John Allison Hope, born October 3, 1855 and died October 25, 1856.
*John Hope, born October 3, 1791 and died April 6, 1868.
*Sarah Jane Powell Hope, born July 7, 1829 and died July 7, 1885.

ee also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Alabama

References