commissioner to obtain lots in Green Lawn Cemetery and move all still present Doherty tract remains to the new cemetery. In total, 329 graves were removed at a cost of $2,000, well under the approximately $14,000 paid by the railroad to the city for the land. In 1876, a market house was built on part of the graveyard property; the market was a predecessor to today's North Market, located adjacent to the site. Clearing of the original portion, the John Kerr tract, took place from November to December 2, 1881. Most named graves had already been removed; the 867 removed in 1881 were nearly all unknown, and over half were children. After this point, the only remaining part of the graveyard was the Brickell Addition. Most of the graves had been removed privately, but some remained when the city condemned the land in 1889 in order to widen Spruce Street. A thorough job was made in removals, but it was impossible for workers at the time to find every grave on the site. An estimated 2,000 to 3,000 graves were moved from the 1850s to the 1880s. An 1885 city council resolution instructed the city's civil engineer to look into rumors that bodies there were being found during excavations. More remains were found in 1913. Modern excavations In the late 1970s, additional graves were discovered during a sidewalk project at North Market; the remains were relocated to Green Lawn. In 2001, as part of a sewer project, the city hired archaeologists to excavate the cite, anticipating some remains. The archaeologists found 38 grave shafts under Spruce and Wall streets, finding the remains of 39 individuals, more than what the city expected. The archaeologists' report noted that the site is within the North Market Historic District, and is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In summer 2022, further excavation began as part of the construction of the Merchant Building and redevelopment of North Market. An report written before excavation estimated there could be between 142 and 523 graves with remains still at the site. By February 2023, archaeologists had discovered the buried remains of more than 40 people in the site, with more likely to be found. All discovered remains will be reburied at Green Lawn Cemetery. The R Section of the cemetery, county-owned and used for North Graveyard reburials since the 1800s, was marked with an