St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, along with St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, are rare cultural landscapes of combined European, African and Native American traditions containing an important collection of family and society tombs. In 2001, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 was nominated to the Save America's Treasures (SAT) program and has recently received unprecedented funding for preservation work.

Project Profiles

The field work was completed in November, 2002. 20 emergency tombs were stabilized and 25 tombs along Alley 9-L were restored. The final report is being prepared and this page will soon feature links to a 1-pg report for each tomb illustrating the before and after conditions, the conservation strategy chosen and highlights of the work.

Click here for multiple images of the SAT project in progress.