Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark. Located in Woodlawn, Bronx, New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1.

Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1. It is notable in part as the final resting place of some great figures in the American arts, such as authors Countee Cullen and Herman Melville, and musicians Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, W. C. Handy, and Max Roach.[3][4]Holly Woodlawn, after changing her name to such, falsely told people she was the heiress to Woodlawn Cemetery. Locale and grounds[edit]The Cemetery covers more than 4.

Built on rolling hills, its tree- lined roads lead to some unique memorials, some designed by famous American architects: Mc. Kim, Mead & White, John Russell Pope, James Gamble Rogers, Cass Gilbert, Carrère and Hastings, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John La Farge. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth war graves – six British and Canadian servicemen of World War I and an airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force of World War II.[5] In 2. Woodlawn Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark, since it shows the transition from the rural cemetery popular at the time of its establishment to the more orderly 2.

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2. Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark. Located in Woodlawn Heights, The Bronx, New York.
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As of 2. 00. 7, plot prices at Woodlawn were reported as $2. Burials moved to Woodlawn[edit]Woodlawn was the destination for many human remains disinterred from cemeteries in more densely populated parts of New York City: [8]Rutgers Street church graves were moved to Woodlawn.

Most graves were re- interred with a stated date of December 2. Rutgers Plot, lots 1. West Farms Dutch Reformed Church, at Boone Avenue and 1. Street in The Bronx, had most of its graves moved to Woodlawn Cemetery in 1. Rutgers Plot, Lots 2.

Bensonia Cemetery, also known as "Morrisania Cemetery", was originally a Native American burial ground. The graves were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery with a stated date of April 2. Lot 3. Public School #1. The Bronx, is now on the site.[citation needed]Harlem Church Yard cemetery internees were moved to Woodlawn. Most graves were re- interred with a stated date of August 1, 1. Sycamore Plot, lots 1.

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Nagle Cemetery remains were moved in November–December 1. Primrose Plot, Lot 1. Identities of those interred are apparently unknown.[citation needed]The Dyckman- Nagle Burying Ground,[9] West 2. Street at 9th Avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, was originally established in 1. In 1. 90. 5, the remains, with the exception of Staats Morris Dyckman[1. By 1. 92. 7, the Dyckman graves were finally moved to Woodlawn Cemetery. The former Dutch colonial- era cemetery is now a 2.

Street subway train yard.[citation needed]The fictional cemetery of the Synagogue in Brooklyn in the film Once Upon a Time in America is actually located here, renamed "Riverdale Cemetery".[1. Notable burials[edit]Oscar Hammerstein, Sr. Lionel Hampton. W. C. Handy. Edward Harkness, philanthropist. Lamon V. Harkness, businessman, stockholder in Standard Oil, yachtsman. William L. Harkness.

Charles K. Harris. William Frederick Havemeyer, businessman, Mayor of New York City. Coleman Hawkins. Millicent Hearst.

August Heckscher. John Held, Jr. Victor Herbert. Adelaide Herrmann. Alexander Herrmann.

Christian Archibald Herter. John D. Hertz, businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Jim Holdsworth, baseball player. Richard Hudnut. Charles Evans Hughes. Harold Hunter, skateboarder.

Arabella Huntington. Collis P. Huntington. Barbara Hutton. Henry Baldwin Hyde. Rowland Macy. Martha Mansfield. Frankie Manning, dancer, instructor, and choreographer.

Vito Marcantonio, politician. Dewey Markham. Alfred Erskine Marling. Louis Marx, toy merchant. Bat Masterson, lawman, writer. Victor Maurel. William Mc.

Adoo. Josiah Calvin Mc. Cracken. George A. Mc. Guire. Jackie Mc.

Lean, musician. George Mc. Manus, cartoonist. Marie Mattingly Meloney. Herman Melville, author.

Dean Meminger. Mario Merola (1. New York City Councilman, and Bronx County District Attorney. William P. Merrill. Cyrus Miller, lacrosse player.

Gilbert Miller. Marilyn Miller. Florence Mills. John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor of New York City. John Bassett Moore. Paul Morton. Robert Moses, government official, planner, builder, and Parks Department Commissioner of New York City. X, Y, Z[edit]Image gallery[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]^ ab"A National Historic Landmark". Watch Killing Zoe HD 1080P there. The Woodlawn Cemetery.

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