St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia

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burial ground churchyard historic cemetery tourist attraction

St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard in Philadelphia is a historic colonial-era burial ground associated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, known for being the final resting place of prominent 18th- and 19th-century American figures.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ churchyard ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation	Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania ⓘ
associatedWith	St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
category	Anglican cemeteries in the United States ⓘ Cemeteries in Philadelphia ⓘ Historic churchyards in the United States ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	example of colonial churchyard in Philadelphia ⓘ site of early American burial customs ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ
era	colonial America ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	18th century ⓘ
function	cemetery for parishioners of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasFeature	family burial plots ⓘ gravestones ⓘ historic monuments ⓘ mature trees ⓘ
heritage	colonial-era ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
knownFor	colonial-era funerary art ⓘ graves of prominent 18th-century Americans ⓘ graves of prominent 19th-century Americans ⓘ historic tombstones ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Society Hill ⓘ surface form: Society Hill, Philadelphia
notableFor	burials of Revolutionary-era figures ⓘ burials of early American political and civic leaders ⓘ
openTo	public visitors ⓘ
ownership	St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
partOf	St. Peter’s Episcopal Church complex ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
usedAs	burial place ⓘ
usedFor	commemoration of the dead ⓘ historical interpretation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George M. Dallas → burialPlace → St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia ⓘ

Stephen Decatur → burialPlace → St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia