Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, is a large, historic rural cemetery and arboretum known for its elaborate Victorian monuments and as the resting place of many notable Americans.

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instanceOf arboretum
cemetery
rural cemetery
area approximately 296 acres
city Louisville, Kentucky
surface form: Louisville
contains Cave Hill National Cemetery
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateAddedToNRHP 1979-02-28
hasDesignation Level II Arboretum
hasHeritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places
hasNotableBurial Alben W. Barkley
Augustus E. Willson
Colonel Sanders
surface form: Colonel Harland Sanders

George Rogers Clark
Harvey Myers
Henry Watterson
Hurstbourne family members
J. Graham Brown
James B. Speed
John B. Castleman
John Stites
Louis Seelbach
Mildred and Patty Hill
Muhammad Ali
Pete Browning
Prentice Alvin "Pat" Day
hasNotableFeature Gothic Revival entrance gate
Victorian statuary
chapel and administration buildings
lakes and ponds
ornamental ironwork
winding drives
hasPart Cave Hill National Cemetery
hasWebsite https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/
inception 1848
landscapeStyle Victorian rural cemetery
locatedIn Jefferson County, Kentucky
Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
notableFor arboretum-quality tree collection
elaborate Victorian monuments
historic funerary art
NRHPReferenceNumber 78001346
numberOfBurials over 120000
opened 1848
ownedBy Cave Hill Cemetery
surface form: Cave Hill Cemetery Company
postalCode 40204
state Kentucky
streetAddress 701 Baxter Avenue
usedFor burials
commemoration
public visitation

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Abraham Flexner burialPlace Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States