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Paradise Walker Cemetery
Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri

Cemetery: Paradise Waller

Other:

Sign: Yes

Street: Shady Lane

City: Kansas City

Township:

County: Clay

State: Missouri

Nation: USA

Zip: 64119

Status: Abandoned

Size: Medium

Directions: North on N.Brighton rd to Shady Lane, take first right off shady lane and go 1/2 block. Right side of rd

Type: Road-public

Location: Urban

Terrain: Level

Watersource: No

Features: Many trees

Property: Public

Access: Open

Enclosure: Fence

Gate: Non-locking

Established: Unknown

Gravestones: at least 25 + slave graves

Oldest: 1841

Newest: 1957

Removed: Unknown

Relocated: No

Repairs: No

Methods: Adhesives

Restoration: Unsure

Association: Unsure

Records: Unsure

Inventory: Unsure

Availability:

Landscaping: Unsure

Paths: No

Trees: Yes4

Crypts: No

Fencing: Yes

Brickwork: No

Ironwork: Yes

Sculpture: No

Fountains: No

Roads: No

Buildings: No

Cement: Yes

Granite: Unsure

Marble: Yes

Native: Yes

Slate: Unsure

Others: Unsure

Wood: Unsure

Materials: No

Architectural: Unsure

Angels: No

Draperies: Unsure

Fraternal: Unsure

Hands: Unsure

Lambs: Unsure

Monograms: Unsure

Plants: Unsure

Photos: No

Religious: Unsure

Scrollwork: Unsure

Urns: No

Carvings: Unsure

Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction

Unmarked: Yes

Broken: Yes

Toppled: Yes

Disintegrating: Yes

Buried: Yes

Weather: Unknown

Pollution: Yes

Vandalized: Yes

Report: No

VA1: Gravestones-Overturned

VA2: Gravestones-Broken

VA3:

VA4:

VA5:

Overgrowth:

Overgrowth1:

Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing

Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing

Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging

GroundCover: Yes

Moss: Yes

Vines:

Drainage: Problem-Seasonal

Problem1: Encroachment

Problem2: Apathy

Owner: Cemetery

Use: Dumping

Bordering: Residential

Change: Same

Reason: Roads

Visited: Unknown

Archeology: Unknown

Habitat: Unknown

Contacted:

name: Tammy Logan

Email: tklogan@orwells.com

Date: March 10, 2003

Surnames:

GEORGE, HICKMAN, JOHNSON, MURRAY, TIBBS, WALKER, WALLER

Other_Information:

There is rumored to be slave graves in this cemetery, though they are unmarked.

Support:

Submitted by:
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name: Tammy Logan

Email: t_klogan@orwells.com

Date: March 10, 2003

 


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