Upper Middleburgh Cemetery

Upper Middleburgh Cemetery

Timothy Murphy Memorial Monument
Location Huntersland Rd., Middleburgh, New York
Coordinates 42°35′24″N 74°19′8″W / 42.59000°N 74.31889°W / 42.59000; -74.31889Coordinates: 42°35′24″N 74°19′8″W / 42.59000°N 74.31889°W / 42.59000; -74.31889
Area 16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built 1865
NRHP Reference # 03001144[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 2003

Upper Middleburgh Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Middleburgh in Schoharie County, New York. It was incorporated in 1865 and contains an estimated 4,000 interments. The most notable structure is the Foster mausoleum, designed by noted architect Henry Bacon (1866–1924) in the early 1900s and includes a sculpture by Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874–1954). There is also a Neo-Gothic Revival chapel (ca. 1925), maintenance and storage building (ca. 1880), and Timothy Murphy memorial, dedicated in 1910 and including a bronze bas-relief sculpture by Evelyn Beatrice Longman.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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