N. O. McAdams dedicated this cemetery site in 1892 “for that the graves of the buried dead preserved into perpetuity.”
According to the RootsWeb page for this site: “There are at least nine marked graves here and several unmarked graves. The possibility exists of many more burials in this forgotten family cemetery. No previous census of this cemetery is known to exist. At one time, the cemetery had a nice billboard type sign with the cemetery name and the years it was in use as a graveyard from 1882-1926 which has since been destroyed.”
According to the Public Works Survey Division Cemetery Files, 1887-2005, Collection 2005-005 webpage this cemetery is also known as “Brookhaven”.
It did receive Landmark designation from the City of Dallas in 1029.
Dallas Landmarks – Structures and Sites – McAdams CemeteryLocation & Access
From downtown Dallas, go south on I35E (R. L. Thornton Freeway) to the Illinois Avenue exit. Turn right (West) on Illinois Avenue, then urn left on Zang Boulevard. Turn left on Ohio Avenue . Turn right on Brookhaven: it dead ends at the cemetery.
- Address: 409 Guthrie St. Dallas TX 75224
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- Owners: McAdams Cemetery
References & Sources
- “McAdams Family Cemetery” by Frances James (1922 – 2019) – https://dallaspioneer.org/mcadams-cemetery/
- Cemeteries Of Texas – McAdams Cemetery – http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/etx/dallas/cemetery/mcadams.htm
- City of Dallas – Public Hearing Posting – City Plan Commission: July 11, 2019 – Zoning Case 2167-310(LC): An application for an Historic Overlay for McAdams Cemetery (409 Guthrie Street) – https://swagit-attachments.granicus.com/archive/agendas/156162/original/dallas%20city%20plan%20commision.pdf
