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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.
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.
Sep 27, 2006 · Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world as it is and was, by memorializing the dead and bringing to life the art, history, and natural beauty of New York City. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an ...
The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries. Still an active cemetery, the Green-Wood of today is also a cultural institution, an outdoor museum that tells the history and evokes the cultures of the borough, the city and the nation.
Walk on Your Own. Follow the steps of New Yorkers and Americans dating back to 1838. Grab a free map ( PDF here) at any entrance and stroll the grounds on your own, or download our free Mobile App, available in English and Spanish from the App Store and Google Play.
The easiest way to begin your search is through the main search bar on the right side of your screen. This option allows you to search most of the data fields at once. (Data fields included in this search include: Name, lot and grave numbers, birthplace, place of death, late residence, marital status, cause of death, undertaker/funeral director ...
Sep 8, 2021 · Green-Wood Cemetery is a veritable showroom of neo-Classical, Romanesque, and Gothic revival architecture. However, it also possesses some Egyptian accents, as you’ll find at the striking Egyptian pyramid at the Van Ness Parsons Mausoleum.
Jan 3, 2020 · Discover the history, architecture, and famous people buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery and why it is worth visiting.
199 reviews and 1014 photos of GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY "Greenwood Cemetery is an enormously expansive resting place, landscaped in the park like setting manner pioneered by the British in the early 19th century, and recently has been designated a National Historical Landmark. Currently, there is an honoring of Civil War veterans who were discovered lying here in unmarked graves (the cemetery is ...
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Mar 22, 2023 · Who Was Buried at Green-Wood, 1840-1937? Now It’s Easier to Find Out. The ledgers of the famous Brooklyn cemetery are online and include some famous names, like Boss Tweed and F.A.O. Schwarz.
