Graceland Cemetery
Also known as New Masonic Cemetery
Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Originally, the Graceland Cemetery and the New
Masonic Cemetery were separate entities,
although they were side-by-side on the same
four-arpent tract. On August 1, 1908, W. W.
Edwards, William P. Edwards, C. J. Edwards,
Sarah Edwards Petty, and J. Nelson Greene sold
to the Abbeville Masonic Lodge Lot 1 of Rosedale
Addition, being a tract of land measuring 192
feet on Graceland Avenue by 359 feet deep. From
this tract the Masons created the "New Masonic
Cemetery." The price was $200.00 cash. On May
1, 1909, the same sellers sold the adjacent tract
of land to the west measuring 200 feet on
Graceland Avenue by 358 feet deep to the
Graceland Cemetery Association, a Louisiana
corporation. Later, the cemetery was enlarged by
adding property to the west and to the north of
the original two tracts. On July 10, 1967, the
Graceland Cemetery Association conveyed to
Abbeville Masonic Lodge No. 192 F & AM, all of
its interest in the Graceland Cemetery except for
a fifty by fifty foot square in the northern
portion of the cemetery, and the Masonic Lodge
maintained and operated the entire cemetery
exclusively until 2002, at which time the Masonic
Lodge turned over the management of the
cemetery to a board consisting of representatives
of fifteen community organizations.
Originally, the Graceland Cemetery and the New
Masonic Cemetery were separate entities,
although they were side-by-side on the same
four-arpent tract. On August 1, 1908, W. W.
Edwards, William P. Edwards, C. J. Edwards,
Sarah Edwards Petty, and J. Nelson Greene sold
to the Abbeville Masonic Lodge Lot 1 of Rosedale
Addition, being a tract of land measuring 192
feet on Graceland Avenue by 359 feet deep. From
this tract the Masons created the "New Masonic
Cemetery." The price was $200.00 cash. On May
1, 1909, the same sellers sold the adjacent tract
of land to the west measuring 200 feet on
Graceland Avenue by 358 feet deep to the
Graceland Cemetery Association, a Louisiana
corporation. Later, the cemetery was enlarged by
adding property to the west and to the north of
the original two tracts. On July 10, 1967, the
Graceland Cemetery Association conveyed to
Abbeville Masonic Lodge No. 192 F & AM, all of
its interest in the Graceland Cemetery except for
a fifty by fifty foot square in the northern
portion of the cemetery, and the Masonic Lodge
maintained and operated the entire cemetery
exclusively until 2002, at which time the Masonic
Lodge turned over the management of the
cemetery to a board consisting of representatives
of fifteen community organizations.
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- Added: 19 Jun 2005
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2146189
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