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Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)

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Magnolia Cemetery, Van der Horst Mausoleum, Cunningham Avenue, Charleston (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Magnolia Cemetery, Van der Horst Mausoleum, Cunningham Avenue, Charleston (Charleston County, South Carolina)

Magnolia Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina. The first board for the cemetery was assembled in 1849 with Edward C. Jones as the architect. It was dedicated in 1850; Charles Fraser delivered the dedication address. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1978.The location of the cemetery had previously been a plantation known as Magnolia Umbra, the house of which was described as a newly built house with five rooms in 1820. The cemetery was constructed during 1850, on plans laid out by Edward C. Jones, and included a Gothic chapel also designed by Jones which no longer exists. The chapel, which was located near the central lake, remained under construction until early 1851. Both the chapel and the porter's lodge sustained very heavy damage during the cemetery's occupation by federal forces during the Civil War. The porter's lodge at the entrance was demolished in 1868, but the chapel continued to be used until at least 1876.

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Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
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Magnolia Cemetery, Van der Horst Mausoleum, Cunningham Avenue, Charleston (Charleston County, South Carolina)
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