First Street Cemetery

Also known as City Cemetery , IOOF Cemetery , Masonic Cemetery , Odd Fellows Cemetery

Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA

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First Street Cemetery

Added: 9 May 2001
Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 471525

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The photograph of the bronze sign for First Street Cemetery of Waco was taken by "Old Waco"/T. Bradford Willis, DDS, MSD.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 10 Dec 2015

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Added by: David G. Stuart on 02 Jan 2004

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Added by: David Hill on 22 May 2006

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in January 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows many grave markers which were relocated circa 1968 from the lower terrace/predominately African-American section of this National Register-eligible Texas cemetery. The campground of Fort Fisher Park, a L&WCF assisted recreational park, was built over this lower terrace/predominately African American section of the cemetery in the late 1960s.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 22 Jan 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in January 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, and it shows many interesting grave markers in this National Register-eligible cemetery. The Berry-Moorefield family marker/crypt appears as a concrete dome in the middle right of this photograph.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 22 Jan 2014

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This cemetery is very fortunate to have many ancient live oak trees.

Added by: sleuth2 on 21 Oct 2012

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Added by: Sherill Thatcher on 02 Jun 2006

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Added by: Sherill Thatcher on 02 Jun 2006

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in October 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows the lower terrace/predominately African-American section of the cemetery which had its grave markers relocated during the late 1960s in order to build a museum, a campground, and associated buildings for Fort Fisher Park. Fort Fisher Park was a L&WCF assisted recreational park.
This photograph shows the recent Texas Ranger office buildings erected in the lower terrace of First Street Cemetery.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 19 Oct 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in October 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows the lower terrace/predominately African-American section of the cemetery which had its grave markers relocated during the late 1960s in order to build a museum, a campground, and associated buildings for Fort Fisher Park. Fort Fisher Park was a L&WCF assisted
recreational park.
This photograph shows the recent Texas Ranger office buildings erected in the lower terrace of First Street Cemetery.
At the lower right is where a paved road was recently removed which was constructed over part of the cemetery in the 1960s.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 19 Oct 2014

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This photograph was taken by T. Bradford Willis, DDS of the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a section of historic First Street Cemetery.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 11 Aug 2014

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This photograph was taken by T. Bradford Willis, DDS of the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a section of historic First Street Cemetery.
The gates of the circa 1968 iron fence are near the original entrance to the cemetery.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 11 Aug 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in August 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows the lower terrace/predominately African-American section of the cemetery which had its grave markers relocated during the late 1960s in order to build a museum, a campground, and associated buildings for Fort Fisher Park. Fort Fisher Park was a L&WCF assisted recreational park.
It is part of the historic City Cemetery/Section of the First Street Cemetery. This photograph shows the land purchased as a "Cemetery for the Colored People" in 1882.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 09 Aug 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in August 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows the Odd Fellows Cemetery/Section from University-Parks Drive (formerly First Street.)

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 09 Aug 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken in August 2014 by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows the upper terrace of the cemetery. It is part of the historic City Cemetery/Section of the First Street Cemetery.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 09 Aug 2014

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Added by: Bill and Kathy on 23 Feb 2008

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In this photograph, one may see the Lambdin family plot. There is an Official Texas Historical Marker at the grave of the Rev. William McKendree Lambdin, a noted Methodist minister.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 25 Apr 2014

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This photograph of First Street Cemetery was taken by T. Bradford Willis, DDS. It shows part of the Masonic Cemetery and the Odd Fellows Cemetery which are sections of historic First Street Cemetery.
This photograph of part of the upper terrace of the cemetery shows many small C.S.A. grave markers which were placed in neat rows during the late 1960s.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 18 Feb 2014

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The photograph of the Official Texas Historical Marker for First Street Cemetery was taken by "Old Waco"/Todd Bradford Willis, DDS, MSD.
This historical marker was placed on Dec. 15, 2016.

Added by: Old Waco / T. B. Willis on 16 Dec 2016

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