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Clay Street Cemetery

American burial site

Field	Value
name	Clay Street Cemetery
image	Clay Street Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska.jpg
established	1903
country	United States of America
location	7th Avenue and Clay Street, Fairbanks, Alaska
coordinates
type	Public
owner	City of Fairbanks
size	3.5 acre
graves
website	[Clay Street Cemetery Commission](http://www.fairbanksalaska.us/clay-street-cemetery-commission)
findagraveid	81817
political
embedded	{{Infobox NRHP
embed	yes
name	Clay Street Cemetery
locmapin	USA Alaska Fairbanks Downtown#USA Alaska
built
added	October 25, 1982
refnum	82001619
designated_other1	Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
designated_other1_name	Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
designated_other1_date	May 1, 1980
designated_other1_color	#A8EDEF
designated_other1_abbr	AHRS
designated_other1_number	FAI-164
designated_other1_num_position	bottom

Clay Street Cemetery is a cemetery located in Fairbanks, Alaska that is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was established in 1903 and contains the remains of many of Fairbanks' founders, including Mary Pedro, wife of Felix Pedro, the miner who discovered the gold that led to the city's founding.

History

The Clay Street Cemetery was established in 1903 as the first cemetery of the new town of Fairbanks, founded two years before. The cemetery was located on the southeastern edge of the original townsite. Residences were built over time adjacent to the northern and western property lines. For many years, a large sawmill operated directly south of the cemetery.

The cemetery officially closed in 1938, when the City of Fairbanks established the Birch Hill Cemetery, which was far from the actual city limits at the time. Burials at Clay Street have continued, mostly sporadically. The last casket burial was of Irene Mary Sherman, a lifelong Fairbanks resident and the self-proclaimed "Queen of Fairbanks", in 1995. Burials of cremated individuals continue to occur to the present day.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

{{NRISref. 2010a
link. (2007-10-06 , gravestonearchives.net. Accessed June 30, 2009.)

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