Marker Details

Evergreen Negro Cemetery

Market Street at Lockwood (east & west)

Houston , 77020

Notes:

old Fifth Ward cemetery; per At Rest this is the 3rd oldest black cemetery in Houston; white picket fence along property

Directions: One block south of I-10, exit Lockwood, one block to Market; west section of cemetery runs between Lockwood & Calles, east section between Lockwood & Sakowitz; a white picket fence borders the two sections

Key Time Period: 1893 - 1919 City Beautiful - WW I

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Historical Org: Historic Texas Cemetery (Designation Only)

Key Map Information: 494 G

GPS Coordinates: 29 46.368, 95 18.944

Precinct No: 1

Marker No: HR-C145