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Map of Green-Wood Cemetery. One of the best ways to explore Green-Wood without getting lost is by using one of our comprehensive free maps. Find some of Green-Wood’s famous and infamous 560,000 permanent residents, visit one of our four picturesque lakes, visit Battle Hill, get directions to Green-Wood or just plan your own tour through Green ...
Alive at Green-Wood tells the story of Green-Wood's natural heritage through interpretive markers positioned at landscape features 1 From Rural Cemetery to Urban Oasis Our Evolving Landscape 2 Islands of Green Nature in a Sea of Cityscape 3 The Ice Age Beneath Your Feet Green-Wood's Glacial Origins 4 ALegacy of Trees An Urban Arboretum
HOW TO LOCATE A GRAVE. Enter the name of the deceased into the. touchscreen system in the Administrative Office or. opposite the security guard’s station in the Arch. Your printout will show Lot and Section and a. close-up view of the area. To locate the Section on. this map, refer to the X, Y coordinates provided on.
3 days ago · Green-wood Cemetery website has a large resolution map which allows you to zoom in and see the names of every path. Yes, each and every tiny path is named.
Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park.
The Green-wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 by Henry Evelyn Pierrepoint. The original layout for the cemetery was designed by landscape architect David Bates Douglass. The 478 acres have a varied terrain and feature both the highest point in Brooklyn (Battle Hill) and four glacial kettle ponds.
The Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the fashionable place to be buried. By 1860, Green-Wood was attracting 500,000 visitors a year, rivaling Niagara Falls as the country’s greatest tourist attraction.
This collection contains Green-Wood Cemetery maps depicting the cemetery, and its maintenance, in 1876, 1911 and the 1960s and 1970s. Series 1 represents the majority of the maps, an 1876 edition, mounted on rollers, used by the cemetery office and undertakers.
Includes portraits of 22 people of historical significance and the places of burial for each. On verso: index, information for visitors and map for directions to Green-Wood Cemetery. BHS copy 2 originally part of the collection of Everett and Evelyn Ortner papers and photographs (ARC.306).
Find a grave using our obituary database and map of Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, Michigan.
