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Significant dates. Added to NRHP. November 12, 1969. Designated VLR. September 9, 1969 [2] 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 ...
Hollywood Cemetery gates are open every day, 8 am to 5 pm. The on-site records office is open weekdays only, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Opened in 1849, Hollywood Cemetery is a large and sprawling cemetery designed in the rural garden style, characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River, with its name Hollywood coming from the holly trees dotting the hills of the property.
Hollywood Cemetery Company 412 South Cherry Street Richmond, VA 23220 Phone (804) 648-8501 Fax (804) 644-7345 info@hollywoodcemetery.org If you don't hear back in a timely manner, please check your spam/junk folder.
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Established in 1847, Hollywood Cemetery is a fully operational cemetery located in Richmond, Virginia. Located on the banks of the James River in the state capital of Virginia, the cemetery spans 135 acres of valleys, hills, and stately trees. Its natural and architecutral beauty sets it apart from the grid-like layout of modern cemeteries and ...
One of America's great rural cemeteries, overlooking the falls of the James River, Hollywood provides a final resting place for Richmond's—indeed, Virginia's—political, business, and creative leaders, as well as 18,000 Confederate dead. Since before the Civil War, the elaborate ironwork, stone monuments, mausoleums, and natural setting have memorialized the varied lives of the individuals ...
Hollywood Cemetery. 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 ...
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