Church Street Graveyard Gates

Founded in the wake of a massive yellow fever outbreak in 1819, the Church Street Graveyard is the oldest cemetery in Mobile. Some of the city's most notable early residents are buried there. It operated for 78 years before it was officially closed in 1898.

An archway forms the entrance to Church Street Graveyard in Mobile, Alabama. It is surrounded by a wrought-iron fence with white columns.
Photograph by Justin Dubois
An archway forms the entrance to Church Street Graveyard in Mobile, Alabama. It is surrounded by a wrought-iron fence with white columns.