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Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic twenty-two acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
 (9 ha
Hectare

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) historic cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 and botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
 located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia....
. It includes the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel (Washington, D.C.)

The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. is a Gothic Revival building designed by James Renwick. It is included in the Oak Hill Cemetery ....
 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Oak Hill began in 1848 as part of the rural cemetery movement, directly inspired by the success of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery

Founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery", or the first "rural cemetery", Mount Auburn Cemetery is an Elysium where, traditionally, chaste classical monuments were set in rolling landscaped terrain....
, when William Wilson Corcoran
William Wilson Corcoran

William Wilson Corcoran was an United States banker, philanthropist, and art collector....
 (also founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is Visual arts of the United States....
) purchased 15 acres (6 ha) of land. He then organized the Cemetery Company to oversee Oak Hill; it was incorporated by act of Congress on March 3, 1849.

Oak Hill's chapel was built in 1849 by noted architect James Renwick
James Renwick

There are several people named James Renwick.*Jim Renwick , Scottish rugby player*Jim Renwick *James Renwick , Scottish Covenanter*James Renwick , English-American scientist and engineer...
, who also designed the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
's Castle on Washington Mall
National Mall

The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States. Officially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall & Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to...
 and St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

St. Patrick's Cathedral is aEnglish Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic Gothic Revival architecture-style Roman Catholic Church cathedral church in North America....
.






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Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic twenty-two acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
 (9 ha
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
) historic cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 and botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
 located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia....
. It includes the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel (Washington, D.C.)

The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. is a Gothic Revival building designed by James Renwick. It is included in the Oak Hill Cemetery ....
 that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Oak Hill began in 1848 as part of the rural cemetery movement, directly inspired by the success of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery

Founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery", or the first "rural cemetery", Mount Auburn Cemetery is an Elysium where, traditionally, chaste classical monuments were set in rolling landscaped terrain....
, when William Wilson Corcoran
William Wilson Corcoran

William Wilson Corcoran was an United States banker, philanthropist, and art collector....
 (also founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is Visual arts of the United States....
) purchased 15 acres (6 ha) of land. He then organized the Cemetery Company to oversee Oak Hill; it was incorporated by act of Congress on March 3, 1849.

Oak Hill's chapel was built in 1849 by noted architect James Renwick
James Renwick

There are several people named James Renwick.*Jim Renwick , Scottish rugby player*Jim Renwick *James Renwick , Scottish Covenanter*James Renwick , English-American scientist and engineer...
, who also designed the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
's Castle on Washington Mall
National Mall

The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the Capital of the United States. Officially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall & Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to...
 and St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

St. Patrick's Cathedral is aEnglish Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic Gothic Revival architecture-style Roman Catholic Church cathedral church in North America....
. His one story rectangular chapel measures 23 by 41 feet (7×12 m) and sits on the cemetery's highest ridge. It is built of black granite, in a handsome but restrained Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an Architectural style which began in the 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive Middle Ages forms in contrast to the Neoclassical architecture styles which were then prevalent....
 style, with exterior trim in the same red Seneca sandstone used for the Castle.

By 1851, landscape designer Captain George F. de la Roche finished laying out the winding paths and terraces descending into Rock Creek
Rock Creek (Potomac River)

Rock Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The Creek is about 33 miles long, with a drainage area of about 76.5 square mile ....
 valley. When initial construction was completed in 1853, Corcoran had spent over $55,000 on the cemetery's landscaping and architecture.

Notable interments

  • Dean Gooderham Acheson, Secretary of State
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     for President Harry Truman
  • Spencer Fullerton Baird
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    , founder of Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
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    , and 2nd secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
  • Wilkinson Call
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    , US Senator
  • Joseph Casey
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    , US Congressman
  • Richard Cutts
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    , US Congressman
  • Lorenzo Dow
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    , frontier preacher and author
  • William M. Dunn
    William M. Dunn

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    , U.S. congressman from Indiana
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     and the Judge Advocate General
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     of the U.S. Army
  • John Henry Eaton, US Senator
  • George Eustis, Jr., US Congressman
  • Uriah Forrest
    Uriah Forrest

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    , Continental Congressman
  • Thomas J. D. Fuller, US Congressman
  • Katharine Graham
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    , president of The Washington Post
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  • Peter V. Hagner
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    , United States Army
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     officer
  • James P. Heath
    James P. Heath

    James P. Heath was a United States United States House of Representatives from Maryland.Heath was born in Delaware. He served in the Regular Army as lieutenant of Engineers from 1799 to 1802, as register in chancery in Annapolis, Maryland, and served throughout the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Levin Winder....
    , US Congressman
  • John James Hemphill, US Congressman
  • Joseph Henry
    Joseph Henry

    Joseph Henry was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was considered one of the greatest American scientists since Benjamin Franklin....
    , 1st secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
    Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its Financial endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine....
  • Herman Hollerith
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    , inventor
  • Samuel Hooper
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    Samuel Hooper was a businessman and US congressman from Massachusetts, USA.Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He received a common school education and was employed as an agent for an importing firm and traveled extensively in foreign countries....
    , congressman from Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
     1861-1875
  • Ebon Clark Ingersoll, US Congressman
  • Philip Barton Key, U.S. congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1807-1813.
  • William S. Lincoln
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    , US Congressman
  • Gale W. McGee
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    , US Senator
  • John Rhoderic McPherson, US Senator
  • John Howard Payne
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    , composer of "Home Sweet Home
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    "
  • George Peter
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    George Peter was a United States House of Representatives from Maryland.Born in Georgetown, Maryland , Peter pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown University....
    , US Congressman
  • Charles Pomeroy
    Charles Pomeroy

    Charles Pomeroy was a United States House of Representatives from Iowa.Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Pomeroy received an academic education....
    , US Congressman
  • John Pool
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    , US Congressman
  • Max Robinson
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    , US journalist
  • Howard K. Smith
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    , CBS and ABC newscaster; war correspondent; film
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     star
  • Samuel Sprigg
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    , governor of Maryland
  • Edwin McMasters Stanton, United States Attorney General
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     for President James Buchanan
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    , Secretary of War
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     for President Abraham Lincoln
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  • Hestor Lockhart Stevens, US Congressman
  • Noah Haynes Swayne
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    , US Supreme Court Justice
  • James Noble Tyner
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    James Noble Tyner was a lawyer, United States House of Representatives and United States Postmaster General from Indiana.Born in Brookville, Indiana, Tyner pursued an academic course and graduated from Brookville Academy in 1844....
    , U.S. Representative, United States Postmaster General
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     for President Ulysses S. Grant
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  • Robert John Walker, US Senator
  • George Corbin Washington
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    , U.S. congressman for Maryland's 3rd and 5th Districts, grand-nephew of George Washington
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    .
  • Edward Douglass White
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    , US Supreme Court Justice
  • David Levy Yulee
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    , U.S. senator from Florida
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    , first Jew to serve in the United States Senate
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    .
  • Štefan Osuský
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    , Slovak Diplomat


See also

  • List of botanical gardens in the United States
    List of botanical gardens in the United States

    This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America....


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