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Everyone needs to work hard to help save these beautiful cemeteries for the future.

Follow these links to see students, volunteers, conservators and craftspeople survey, map, test and restore St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.



St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
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Explore the Many Parts of This Multi-phased Project

  • The Survey - How to Survey 700+ Tombs
  • Key Findings & Recommendations
  • Paint Analysis - Multiple Layers Tell a Colorful Story
  • Limewashing - See How Its Done
  • Color Me - From the Project, Pages to Color
  • New Crosses - A Blacksmith Forges a New Cross
  • Conservators - What is an Architectural Conservator?
  • Tomb Search - Search for specific tombs by name or number

Tombs & Markers


Project Work


Historic Preservation Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts
University of Pennsylvania, Copyright 2002/2003