Collier County commissioners designate two outlying Rosemary Cemetery plots as historically significant

Collier County commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 28 to designate two outlying parcels of the historic Rosemary Cemetery as historically significant and to accept quitclaim deeds for those parcels.

Amanda Townsend, director of Collier County Museums, told commissioners the 1944 survey by engineer Cambier shows Rosemary Cemetery once covered roughly 30 acres with Pine Ridge Road as the northern edge and U.S. 41 the western edge. Two small parcels identified on the survey as plots W and N were not previously included in the county’s preserved portion, Townsend said. "We would ask for your consideration to accept the historic designations and the quitclaim deeds on these properties," she said.

Why it matters: The parcels include burial sites that local…