• Undoubtedly the Metairie Cemetery is destined to be the great Necropolis of the South. As far as its location, ornaments, care and poetry are concerned...
  • One of the most famous statues in Metairie Cemetery is the Angel of Grief or Weeping Angel located in the Chapman Hyams family crypt.
  • The great oval of the old racetrack can still be seen as part of the cemetery roadway system. Metairie Cemetery covers 150 acres with over 7,000 graves.
  • Metairie Cemetery at the turn of the 20th Century. Metairie Cemetery Detroit Publishing Company postcard of Metairie Cemetery, circa 1905.
  • On an area once known as Metairie Ridge, this cemetery is one of New Orleans’ largest and most historic resting grounds.
  • 2038. Add Metairie Cemetery to a New List. View all photos. ... Metairie Cemetery 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124 United States.
  • The Metairie Cemetery, upon construction, was deemed a public works project in addition to being a spacious cemetery.
  • Dedicated for Cemetery Purposes July 2, 1872 Approx. 150 acres. Metairie Cemetery is located on a high section of ground known as the Metairie Ridge.
  • Founded in 1872 upon a 150-acre site used as a horse-racing track dating from 1838, Metairie Cemetery was designed by Benjamin Morgan Harrod...