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The Rosemary Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. The cemetery is located at the northwest corner of the original plat of the town of Sarasota.[2]
History
The cemetery was acquired by the town of Sarasota in 1903. The cemetery is a significant indicator of the early settlement as it is the first public cemetery in Sarasota and the oldest extant man-made landscape feature in the city.[1]
On November 16, 2003, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Notable burials
- Owen Burns, businessman and community leader
- John Hamilton Gillespie,[3] Sarasota's first mayor
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Rosemary Cemetery". Sarasota History Alive. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ "John Hamilton Gillespie". Sarasota History Alive!. Retrieved May 10, 2021.