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This article refers to the Woodlawn Cemetery in the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 borough of The Bronx. For other uses, see Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation)
Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation)

Woodlawn Cemetery can refer to:...
.
Located in The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries
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....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. It opened as a rural cemetery
Rural cemetery

The rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting.As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and two cross walks, decently planted w...
 in 1863, out in "the country," in what was then southern Westchester County
Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a primarily suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents....
, which was annexed to New York City in 1874. The cemetery covers more than (half the size of Central Park
Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
) and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people.

Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to quite unique memorials, some designed by McKim Mead & White, John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope was an architecture most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC....
, James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers

James Gamble Rogers was an United States of America architect best known for his academic commissions at Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and elsewhere....
, Cass Gilbert
Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was a pioneering American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers in works like the Woolworth Building, Gilbert was also responsible for numerous museums and libraries , state capitol buildings as well as public architectural icons like the United States Supreme Court building....
, Carrère and Hastings
Carrère and Hastings

Carr?re and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carr?re and Thomas Hastings , located in New York City, was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture list of architecture firms in the United States....
, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John LaFarge
John LaFarge

John La Farge was an United States painter, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.Born in New York City, New York, his interest in art was aroused during his training at Mount St....
.

In 1967, what is generally believed to be the first community mausoleum
Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons....
 on the East Coast of the United States
East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard", refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada....
 was built at Woodlawn.






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This article refers to the Woodlawn Cemetery in the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 borough of The Bronx. For other uses, see Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation)
Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation)

Woodlawn Cemetery can refer to:...
.
Located in The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries
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....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. It opened as a rural cemetery
Rural cemetery

The rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting.As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and two cross walks, decently planted w...
 in 1863, out in "the country," in what was then southern Westchester County
Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a primarily suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents....
, which was annexed to New York City in 1874. The cemetery covers more than (half the size of Central Park
Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
) and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people.

Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to quite unique memorials, some designed by McKim Mead & White, John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope was an architecture most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC....
, James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers

James Gamble Rogers was an United States of America architect best known for his academic commissions at Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and elsewhere....
, Cass Gilbert
Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was a pioneering American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers in works like the Woolworth Building, Gilbert was also responsible for numerous museums and libraries , state capitol buildings as well as public architectural icons like the United States Supreme Court building....
, Carrère and Hastings
Carrère and Hastings

Carr?re and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carr?re and Thomas Hastings , located in New York City, was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture list of architecture firms in the United States....
, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John LaFarge
John LaFarge

John La Farge was an United States painter, stained glass window maker, decorator, and writer.Born in New York City, New York, his interest in art was aroused during his training at Mount St....
.

In 1967, what is generally believed to be the first community mausoleum
Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons....
 on the East Coast of the United States
East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard", refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada....
 was built at Woodlawn. The concept has proved extremely popular, and as a result many other cemeteries throughout the United States have since added such structures.

As of 2007, plot prices at Woodlawn were reported as $200 per square foot, $4,800 for a gravesite for two, and up to $1.5 million for land to build a family mausoleum.

Burials moved to Woodlawn

  • The Dyckman-Nagle Burying Ground was established in 1677 and originally contained 417 plots. In 1905 the remains with the exception of Staats Morris and his family were removed. By 1927 the Morris graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • West Farms Dutch Reformed Church at Boone Avenue and 172nd Street in the Bronx had most of its graves moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • Bensonia Cemetery, aka Morrisania Cemetery, was originally a Native American Burial Ground. The graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery. PS138, in the Bronx is now on the site.
  • Rutgers Street church graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery.


Notable burials

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  • Cornelius Bliss
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  • Gail Borden
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  • Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer)
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  • Isidor Straus
    Isidor Straus

    Isidor Straus ?a German Jewish United States ? was co-owner of the Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served as a United States House of Representatives....
  • William L. Strong
    William L. Strong

    William Lafayette Strong was the Mayor of New York from 1895 to 1897. He was the last mayor of New York before the Consolidation of the City of New York on January 1, 1898....
  • Olive Thomas
    Olive Thomas

    Olive Thomas was an United States silent film actress and socialite. She was a Ziegfeld girl and the original flapper. She is best remembered for her marriage to Jack Pickford and her untimely death....
  • Dan Topping
    Dan Topping

    Daniel Reid Topping was a part owner and president of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964. Daniel Reid Topping was the son of Rhea Reid and Henry J....
  • Vladimir Ussachevsky
    Vladimir Ussachevsky

    Vladimir Kirilovitch Ussachevsky was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music....
  • Madam C.J. Walker
  • William H. Webb
    William H. Webb

    William Henry Webb was a 19th-century New York City shipbuilder and philanthropist, who has been called America's first true naval architect....
  • Royal H. Weller
    Royal H. Weller

    Royal Hurlburt Weller was a United States Representative from New York.Weller was born in New York City on 2 July1881. He attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York and graduated from the New York Law School in 1901....
  • Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
    Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

    Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City....
  • Harry Payne Whitney
    Harry Payne Whitney

    Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family....
  • William Collins Whitney
  • Edward O. Wolcott
  • William Woodward, Jr.
    William Woodward, Jr.

    William "Billy" Woodward, Jr. was the heir to the Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Company, the Belair Estate and Belair Stud and legacy,and a leading figure in racing circles before he was shot to death by his wife, Ann, in what Life magazine called the "Shooting of the Century"....
  • Frank Woolworth
    Frank Woolworth

    Franklin Winfield Woolworth was the founder of F.W. Woolworth Company , an operator of discount stores that priced merchandise at five and ten cent s....


See also

  • List of other famous cemeteries
  • List of United States cemeteries
  • List of mausoleums
    List of mausoleums

    This is a list of mausoleum around the world....
Thomas A. Greco

External links

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