Bethel Burying Ground Project

1862

24 May 1888:    Philadelphia City Councilman Roberts reports the selection of 5 plots                               of land to become new city parks. The one that is to be called                                             Weccacoe Park, in the Third Ward, “is now an old colored burying                                    ground.”

1875

24 May 1889:       The Select Council of the City of Philadelphia transfers $10,000                                            from the Department of Public Safety for the purchase and                                                improvement of Weccacoe Square to the Department of Public                                          Works for the repaving of Queen Street between 4^th and 5^th streets.

1895