Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery Historic District

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Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery Historic District is a historic burial ground complex in Elmira, New York, notable for its 19th-century landscape design, architectural monuments, and association with significant local and national figures.


Statements (41)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery complex
historic district
associatedWith 19th-century American funerary art
United States military burials
local history of Elmira, New York
category Cemeteries in New York State
Historic districts in New York State
National Register of Historic Places in Chemung County, New York
country United States of America
function commemorative landscape
governedBy local and federal cemetery regulations
hasArchitecturalElements mausoleums
memorial structures
monuments
hasCemeteryType national cemetery
public cemetery
hasCulturalValue heritage tourism site
site of remembrance and commemoration
hasLandscapeFeatures formal plantings
planned drives and pathways
sectioned burial plots
hasLandscapeStyle 19th-century rural cemetery style
hasPart Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn National Cemetery
hasPeriodOfSignificance 19th century
hasSignificance architectural significance
historical significance
landscape design significance
heritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places
heritageStatus historic burial ground complex
locatedIn Chemung County, New York
Elmira, New York
New York State
notableFor 19th-century landscape design
architectural monuments
association with significant local figures
association with significant national figures
openToPublic yes
purpose honoring the dead
preservation of historic graves and monuments
use burial ground

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