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One of the most well-known monuments in Hollywood Cemetery is a cast-iron Newfoundland dog. The statue stands guard over the grave of a little girl who died in 1862.
A statue of a dog stands guard on the grave of a young girl in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery. Around 1862, a little girl named Bernadine Rees would regularly visit a merchant's shop with her mother, and the dog statue was outside of the merchant's business.
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Two-year-old Bernadine died from Scarlet Fever in 1862 and her grave is often found adorned with trinkets, toys, rings, flowers, and stones. But what makes Bernadine's final resting place so compelling is that it is guarded by a black iron dog. How did it get there?
Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1847 and designed by the landscape architect John Notman. It is 135-acres in size and overlooks the James River.
This tour only covers part of the cemetery. This tour was created in collaboration with author Steven K. Smith and references his books Ghosts of Belle Isle (2014) and Secret of the Staircase (2015). The route focuses on the sites connected with the book. For a full map of the cemetery, visit Hollywood Cemetery’s website or drop by their office.
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The spirits of Confederate soldiers, workers doomed to a treacherous fate, a ghost dog, and even a vampire are known to haunt the Hollywood Cemetery. For years, locals in Richmond, Virginia, have been laid to rest in the Hollywood Cemetery, a beautiful display of morbid fascination typical of the Victorian period.
Hollywood Cemetery was created in 1847, after two Richmond entrepreneurs visited Boston’s Mount Auburn, a model for the rural cemetery movement. When the pair returned home, their resulting company soon commissioned Philadelphia architect John Notman to design grounds for a new cemetery on a hilly, wooded plot on the western edge of town ...
