Rediscovering Rest Haven

Schedule

Sun Jul 26 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

Westview Cemetery | Atlanta, GA

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Explore Rest Haven, Westview Cemetery’s historic Black burial ground, with graves dating back to the 1880s in Atlanta’s largest cemetery.
About this Event

Explore Rest Haven, Westview Cemetery’s historic black burial ground. Located in the southeastern corner of the cemetery, its several acres were designed so that graves were clustered around three avenues – East Haven, Central and West Haven. The opening in 1886 of the historically black South-View Cemetery in Atlanta drastically affected sales within Rest Haven. Yet despite the competition, burials continued infrequently into the later part of the 20th century.


When Westview opened in October of 1884 with nearly six-hundred acres of land, it was designed to be the premier cemetery in the Southeast. It is still an active cemetery with more than 125,000 interments. Westview remains the largest cemetery in the Southeast and one of the largest non-profit cemeteries in the United States.


Meet and park at Westview gatehouse. Please wear proper footwear as this tour goes through the woods.

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Where is it happening?

Westview Cemetery, 1680 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, United States

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Tickets

USD 21.24 to USD 29.95

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