Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)

Coordinates: 40°53′21″N 73°52′24″W / 40.88917°N 73.87333°W / 40.88917; -73.87333
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn, Bronx, The Bronx
Coordinates40°53′21″N 73°52′24″W / 40.88917°N 73.87333°W / 40.88917; -73.87333
Websitethewoodlawncemetery.org
NRHP reference No.11000563
NYSRHP No.00501.001264
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 23, 2011
Designated NHLJune 23, 2011
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 2011

Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest

Yonkers, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874.[3]
It is notable in part as the final resting place of some well-known figures.

Locale and grounds

Jerome Avenue gate

The Cemetery covers more than 400 acres (160 ha)

Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John La Farge. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth war graves – six British and Canadian servicemen of World War I and an airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force of World War II.[4] In 2011, Woodlawn Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark, since it shows the transition from the rural cemetery popular at the time of its establishment to the more orderly 20th-century cemetery style.[5]

As of 2007, plot prices at Woodlawn were reported as $200 per square foot, $4,800 for a gravesite for two, and up to $1.5 million for land to build a family mausoleum.[6]

Burials moved to Woodlawn

Woodlawn was the destination for many human remains disinterred from cemeteries in more densely populated parts of New York City:[7]

The fictional cemetery of the Synagogue in Brooklyn in the film Once Upon a Time in America is actually located here, renamed "Riverdale Cemetery".[10]

Notable burials

Main article: List of interments at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)

Numerous notable persons have been interred at Woodlawn Cemetery including: Chief Justice of the United States

brewers (e.g., the Haffens of Haffen Brewing Company) are interred there on "Brewer's Row",[14] along with a dozen other brewing scions and their families.[15]

Conservancy

The Woodlawn Conservancy is a

501(c)(3) associated with Woodlawn Cemetery. It began as the Friends of Woodlawn in 1999.[16] It enhances the mission of Woodlawn through fundraising, educational opportunities and outreach with other non-profits. In 2021, over 40 stones were conserved in a joint effort between the Woodlawn Conservancy, the Friends of the Rye African-American Cemetery, World Monuments Fund, and the Jay Heritage Center.[17] The preservation effort was launched to coincide with the new federal Juneteenth
celebration.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Hughes, C. J. (July 21, 2011). "Wearing the Green, in More Ways Than One". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "A National Historic Landmark". The Woodlawn Cemetery. Archived from the original on November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. ISBN 0-300-18257-0
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  4. ^ "Find War Dead" Archived 2017-03-22 at Wikiwix Commonwealth War Graves Commission. WGC Cemetery Report. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places listings; July 22, 2011". National Park Service. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  6. ^ Tom Van Riper, America's Most Expensive Cemeteries Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine, Forbes.com, October 26, 2007
  7. ISBN 0-916489-89-2. Archived
    from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  8. ^ "Forgotten Cemeteries of Inwood". 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  9. ^ "Staats/States Dyckman biography". New York State Museum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  10. ^ Barber, Malcolm. "Once Upon A Time In America Locations" (PDF). onceuponatimeinamerica.net/. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  11. ^ Shapiro, Laurie Gwen (4 September 2020). "The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker's Ashes". The New Yorker. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Notable People". Woodlawn Cemetery. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  13. ^ Cooper, Rebecca (March 14, 2003). "Neighborhoods: Close-Up on Woodlawn". Village Voice. Archived from the original on June 20, 2006.
  14. ^ "The Bronx Was Brewing". City University of New York. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  15. ^ Zimmer, Michelle Hope. "PROJECT: Final Capstone Project for M.A in New York Studies". The Bronx Was Brewing: A Digital Resource of a Lost Industry. City University of New York. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  16. ^ David Charles Sloane (2018). Is the Cemetery Dead?. University of Chicago Press. p. 143.
  17. ^ Dave Thomas (June 25, 2021). "Bringing History to Life at the African-American Cemetery in Rye, NY". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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