Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Totally Explained

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ť This article refers to the Woodlawn Cemetery in the New York City borough of The Bronx. For other uses, see Woodlawn Cemetery (disambiguation).

Located in The Bronx, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City. It opened in 1863 at a time when The Bronx was still considered as being out in "the country." The cemetery covers more than 400 acres (half the size of Central Park) 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, James Gamble Rogers, Cass Gilbert, Carrère and Hastings, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John LaFarge.
In 1967, what is generally believed to be the first community mausoleum on the East Coast of the United States 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.

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

Vernon and Irene Castle

George Washington De Long

Antoinette Perry Frueauff

Thomas F. Gilroy

Jay Gould

Archibald Gracie

Oscar Hammerstein, Sr.

Augustus D. Juilliard

Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki

Alexander De Seversky

Franz Sigel

Charles B.J. Snyder

Ruth Snyder

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Joseph Stella

John William Sterling

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney

William Collins Whitney

Edward O. Wolcott

Frank Woolworth

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