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This article refers to the Woodlawn Cemetery in the New York City borough of The Bronx. For other uses, see Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation).

Jerome Avenue gate

Headquarters

Located in The Bronx, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City. It opened as a rural cemetery in 1863, out in "the country," in what was then southern Westchster County, which was annexed to New York City in 1874. The cemetery covers more than 400 acres (half the size of Central Park) and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people.

Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to quite unique memorials, some designed by McKim Mead & White, John Russell Pope, James Gamble Rogers, Cass Gilbert, Carrère and Hastings, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John LaFarge.

In 1967, what is generally believed to be the first community mausoleum on the East Coast of the United States was built at Woodlawn. The concept has proved extremely popular, and as a result many other cemeteries throughout the United States have since added such structures.

Burials moved to Woodlawn

• The Dyckman-Nagle Burying Ground was established in 1677 and originally contained 417 plots. In 1905 the remains with the exception of Staats Morris and his family were removed. By 1927 the Morris graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.
• West Farms Dutch Reformed Church at Boone Avenue and 172nd Street in the Bronx had most of its graves moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.
• Bensonia Cemetery, aka Morrisania Cemetery, was originally a Native American Burial Ground. The graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery. PS138, in the Bronx is now on the site.
• Rutgers Street church graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.

Notable burials

External links

• Woodlawn at Findagrave
• Woodlawn Official Page
• Photographs of graves of famous persons in Woodlawn

• Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx is at coordinates 40°53′21″N 73°52′24″W / 40.889033, -73.873433 (Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx)Coordinates: 40°53′21″N 73°52′24″W / 40.889033, -73.873433 (Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx)

See also

• List of other famous cemeteries
• List of United States cemeteries
• List of mausoleums

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