Park Avenue Historic District

The grave-makers in the Old Cemetery are memorials to those buried there. They are also artistic expressions that reflect changing cultural attitudes toward death and resurrection. Early markers are of marble and usually have simple designs and inscriptions that express grief and mourning. Later Markers reflect the Victorian period's interest in classical art and architecture.

 Most of the material in this overview of the Old City Cemetery is taken from a series of publications of the former Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board. In the early 1990s, The Board undertook an evaluation and restoration (assisted by Sass Conservation, of New York City, and the Center for Historic Cemeteries Preservation) of many of the cemetery's treasures. 

"Episcopal Services began in Tallahassee in 1827 in the Territorial Capitol building. The incorporation of St. John’s Episcopal Church followed in 1829. By 1835, the small church was raising funds for a building which was erected on the corner of Call and Monroe Streets where the current building stands today". St John's Episcopal Church Website: History

Both cemeteries contain the graves of a cross section of the city's inhabitants, including slaves.  Governor Thomas Brown  is buried in the City Cemetery and  Governors David S. Walker  and  William D. Bloxham  are buried in the Episcopal. Some two hundred Confederate veterans are buried in the city plot.  Twin obelisks in the Episcopal Cemetery  mark the graves of Napoleon's nephew,  Prince Achille Murat , a colorful figure of frontier Tallahassee and his American born wife, Catherine Willis Murat.