East Side Interdenominational Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site

East Side Interdenominational Cemetery has been designated a municipal heritage site by the Town of St. Anthony because of its historic and aesthetic values.

East Side Interdenominational Cemetery has historic value because it is the oldest known cemetery in St. Anthony, and the only known interdenominational cemetery in the town. It appears to date from at least the early 1840s, apparently coinciding with the period of St. Anthony’s development from a seasonal fishing station into a permanent settlement. The cemetery was used until at least 1957, by which time denominational Christian cemeteries were established in St. Anthony.

The cemetery's headstone inscriptions have value as local historic records, containing genealogical information such as familial relationships and dates of birth and death. The headstones also bear the marks of stonecarvers including Chistlett, MacKim, McIntyre and Skinner.

The headstones are also key to the aesthetic value of the cemetery, as their mainly white marble material and tablet forms are typical of the period during which the burial ground was in use. Other elements which visually evoke that time include the grassy ground cover and instances of low, wooden grave plot boundary fencing.