Lebanon Cemetery

Lebanon Cemetery was an African-American cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania established in 1849. It was one of only two private African-American cemeteries in Philadelphia at the time. Lebanon Cemetery was condemned in 1899. The bodies were reinterred in 1902 to Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania and the cemetery was closed in 1903. The former location of the cemetery is now the street corner of 19th Street and Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia. rdf:langString