Oakdale Memorial Gardens
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Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery, is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa
, United States
. It was established in 1856 and designed by Captain George F. de la Roche, who had finished the design of Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
five years earlier. It is considered a rural or garden cemetery and covers more than 78 acres (31.6 ha). The first burial at Oakdale was that of three-year-old Mary Larned Allen on September 15, 1857. Some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home
, and it contains the graves of the orphans that died at the home. There is a Soldiers Lot, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery also contains a section for the burial of pets.
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was established in 1856 and designed by Captain George F. de la Roche, who had finished the design of Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
five years earlier. It is considered a rural or garden cemetery and covers more than 78 acres (31.6 ha). The first burial at Oakdale was that of three-year-old Mary Larned Allen on September 15, 1857. Some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home
Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home
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, and it contains the graves of the orphans that died at the home. There is a Soldiers Lot, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery also contains a section for the burial of pets.
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