Main entrance to cemetery - Cottonwood AZ
Description
From its origins in the 19th century, the cemetery in Cottonwood AZ was privately owned and run. A local committee was formed in 1937-38 to maintain the cemetery and it immediately sought federal aid from the New Deal. Help came from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which fenced the entire site. We have no found a definite date for when the work was done.
Notably, the WPA relief workers built a 4-5′ stone wall along the front of the property and two entrance gates. The main entrance is notable for its a metal arch reading “Cottonwood Cemetery”.
The wall, gates and archway are all still intact today (2022). The cemetery was turned over to the city in the 1970s.
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Stone wall in front of cemetery - Cottonwood A
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Stone wall in front of cemetery - Cottonwood AZ
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Stone wall in front of cemetery - Cottonwood AZ
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Secondary gate to cemetery - Cottonwood AZ
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Pedestrian gate at main entrance to cemetery - Cottonwood AZ
Source notes
City of Cottonwood Cemetery Guide, http://cottonwoodaz.gov/DocumentCenter/View/152/Cemetery-Guide-and-History-PDF?bidId=
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 1, 2016.
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