Mount Hope Cemetery

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Victorian-era burial ground cemetery historic site

Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic Victorian-era burial ground in Rochester, New York, known for its notable interments, picturesque landscape, and status as one of America’s first municipal cemeteries.

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Label	Occurrences
Mount Hope Cemetery canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Victorian-era burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ
adjacentTo	University of Rochester ⓘ surface form: University of Rochester River Campus
architecturalStyle	rural cemetery style ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishedAs	America’s first municipal Victorian cemetery ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	important site in African American history ⓘ important site in American women’s rights history ⓘ landscape architecture landmark ⓘ
hasFeature	Civil War soldiers’ plots ⓘ Gothic Revival structures ⓘ chapel ⓘ historic entrance gates ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monumental gravestones ⓘ scenic overlooks ⓘ section for veterans ⓘ walking tour routes ⓘ winding roads and paths ⓘ
hasNotableBurial	Civil War veterans ⓘ Frederick Douglass ⓘ Nathaniel Rochester ⓘ Susan B. Anthony ⓘ abolitionists ⓘ local political leaders ⓘ members of the Bausch family ⓘ members of the Lomb family ⓘ prominent Rochester industrialists ⓘ
hasOrganization	Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery ⓘ volunteer tour guides ⓘ
heritageDesignation	one of the first municipal cemeteries in the United States ⓘ
inception	1838 ⓘ
knownFor	Victorian funerary art ⓘ notable interments ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ role in rural cemetery movement ⓘ
locatedIn	Monroe County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State Rochester ⓘ surface form: Rochester, New York
operator	Rochester ⓘ surface form: City of Rochester
ownedBy	Rochester ⓘ surface form: City of Rochester
partOf	Rochester’s historic South Wedge / Mount Hope neighborhood ⓘ
terrainFeature	hilly landscape ⓘ picturesque ravines ⓘ wooded glacial moraine ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	burials ⓘ commemoration ⓘ genealogical research ⓘ historical tours ⓘ

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Rochester → hasLandmark → Mount Hope Cemetery ⓘ

Mount Hope Cemetery and Grounds Historic District → hasName → Mount Hope Cemetery ⓘ

Mount Hope Cemetery and Grounds Historic District → hasPart → Mount Hope Cemetery ⓘ