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Clarke County, United States

Airmount Grave Shelter

Clarke County, United States

Airmount Grave Shelter
Photo: Altairisfar · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

The Airmount Grave Shelter, also known as the Hope Family Grave Shelter, is a brick grave house in Airmount Cemetery near Thomasville, Clarke County, Alabama. Built in 1853 by John Hope in a vernacular Greek Revival style, it has a gabled roof and a wooden vaulted interior ceiling. It is unusual in sheltering six graves rather than the more common single grave. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 2000.

Movement

Built
Type
mausoleum
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
Clarke County, United States

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Location

31.96889, -87.66917