Resolved that the defective retaining wall of the African A.M.E. Church Burying Ground west of 411 Queen Street . . . are on account of their condition, nuisances prejudicial to public health, and as such the owners or agents thereinof have failed to abate the nuisances in the manner hereinafter specified in accordance with the law, and the rules of the Board.
Source: Philadelphia Board of Health Minutes, 5 May 1885; entry #1521, p. 273.
Bethel Burying Ground Project 