Lafayette Cemetery #1 Traditional Cache
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Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 was established in 1833 by the city of Lafayette...Lafayette was an American city which was later incorporated into the current city of New Orleans (not to be confused with the town of Lafayette that is located 100 miles west of New Orleans). The cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and in 1996 it was placed on the World Monuments Fund Watch List.
Built in what was once the City of Lafayette, the cemetery was officially established in 1833. The area was formerly part of the Livaudais plantation, and that square had been used for burials since 1824. The cemetery was laid out by Benjamin Buisson, and consisted of two intersecting roads that divide the property into four quadrants. In 1852, New Orleans annexed the City of Lafayette, and the graveyard became the city cemetery, the first planned cemetery in New Orleans.
The first available burial records are dated from August 3, 1843, although the cemetery had been in use prior to that date. In 1841, there were 241 burials in Lafayette of victims of yellow fever. In 1847, approximately 3000 people died of yellow fever, and Lafayette holds about 613 of those. By 1853, the worst outbreak ever caused more than 8000 deaths, and bodies were often left at the gates of Lafayette. Many of these victims were immigrants and flatboatman, who worked in the area on the Mississippi.
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