Oakland Cemetery (Princeton, Illinois)
Oakland Cemetery Historic District | |
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| Location | 1007 N. Main St., Princeton, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°21′59″N 89°29′00″W / 41.36639°N 89.48333°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 100006864[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 1, 2021 |
Oakland Cemetery is a historic
garden cemetery, a park-like style of cemetery which had become popular in the eastern United States at the time. The cemetery included a public picnic area, carriage paths, and a Gothic Revival office building. Many of the graves in the cemetery feature large, artistic monuments, including obelisks made from white bronze, statues of angels or the deceased, stone tree trunks, and Art Deco box tombs. The largest monument in the cemetery marks the grave of pioneer and local historian Nehemiah Matson; it is 34 feet (10 m) tall and made of 44 tons of granite, and it cost $4,600 when it was built in 1884.[2]
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 2021, as the Oakland Cemetery Historic District.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/30/2021 Through 9/2/2021". National Park Service. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ Lange, Pamela J. (December 17, 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oakland Cemetery Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
