Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery, Newport

Name: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery
Address: Warner Street, Newport, 02840-2969, United States
Telephone: +1 401-847-4794

#12 among attractions in Newport

Cemetery, Historical place

Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery

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Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery, Newport

Facts and practical information

The Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. Together they contain over 5,000 graves, including a colonial-era slave cemetery and Jewish graves. The pair of cemeteries was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a single listing in 1974. ()

Built: 1640 (384 years ago)Coordinates: 41°29'44"N, 71°18'57"W

Address

Warner StreetKerry Hill-Van ZandtNewport 02840-2969 United States

Contact

+1 401-847-4794

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Day trips

Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Newport Casino, Colony House, Cardines Field, Touro Synagogue.

1 miSE
Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
Newport Casino, Newport
25 min walk • The Newport Casino is an athletic complex and recreation center located at 180-200 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island in the Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District.
0.4 miS
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Colony House, Newport
10 min walk • The Old Colony House, also known as Old State House or Newport Colony House, is located at the east end of Washington Square in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
~1710 ftS
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Cardines Field, Newport
9 min walk • Cardines Field is a baseball stadium located at 20 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballparks in the United States and has been called "a small urban gem of a ballpark".
0.5 miSE
Historic 1763 synagogue with tours
Touro Synagogue, Newport
13 min walk • The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era, and the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America.
0.4 miS
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Museum of Newport History, Newport
11 min walk • The Museum of Newport History is a history museum in the Old Brick Market building in the heart of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is owned and operated by the Newport Historical Society at 127 Thames Street on Washington Square.
0.4 miSE
Church
United Baptist Church, Newport
10 min walk • The United Baptist Church, John Clarke Memorial is a historic Baptist church in Newport, Rhode Island, USA that was founded in 1638–1644.
0.5 miSW
41°29'25"N • 71°19'16"W
Newport Shipyard, Newport
12 min walk • Sailing, Park, Marina
~1540 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Sacred and religious sites
Great Friends Meeting House, Newport
8 min walk • Great Friends Meeting House is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends built in 1699 in Newport, Rhode Island. The meeting house, which is part of the Newport Historic District, is currently open as a museum owned by the Newport Historical Society.
0.4 miS
Park, Square
Washington Square, Newport
11 min walk • Washington Square is the geographical and historical heart of Newport Rhode Island. More trapezoid than square, it exists at the intersection of several major streets and what was the colonial long wharf, projecting into the harbor off Aquidneck Island and into Narragansett Bay.
~1790 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Hunter House, Newport
9 min walk • Hunter House is a historic house in Newport, Rhode Island. It is located at 54 Washington Street in the Easton's Point neighborhood, near the northern end of the Newport Historic District.
~1490 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, Newport
8 min walk • The Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House is the oldest surviving house in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Built c. 1697, it is also one of the oldest surviving houses in the state. It is located at the corner of Broadway and Stone Street, in the downtown section of the city in the Newport Historic District.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Easton's Point, Newport (6 min walk), Coddington Cemetery, Newport (6 min walk), Old Colony and Newport Railway, Newport (7 min walk), The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Newport (8 min walk).

How to get to Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery:

Bus

Newport Gateway Center Stop D • Lines: 14 (8 min walk)
Newport Gateway Center Stop C • Lines: 60 (8 min walk)