Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable Americans.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | rural cemetery movement ⓘ |
| contains | Battle Hill ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEstablishment | 1838 ⓘ |
| designer | David Bates Douglass ⓘ |
| elevationFeature | Battle Hill, one of the highest natural points in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| founder | Henry Evelyn Pierrepont ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Gothic Revival (main gate) ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Cemeteries in Brooklyn
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National Historic Landmarks in New York ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmarks in New York City
Rural cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial ground
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historic landscape park ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
hills
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lakes ⓘ mature trees ⓘ winding paths ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurials |
Boss Tweed
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Charles Ebbets ⓘ Charles L. Tiffany ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Lewis Tiffany
DeWitt Clinton ⓘ Elias Howe ⓘ Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ
surface form:
F. W. Woolworth
Henry Chadwick ⓘ Henry Steinway ⓘ Henry Ward Beecher ⓘ Horace Greeley ⓘ James Gordon Bennett Sr. ⓘ Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ Leonard Bernstein ⓘ Lola Montez ⓘ Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ Peter Cooper ⓘ Samuel Morse ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel F. B. Morse
Susan Smith McKinney Steward ⓘ Boss Tweed ⓘ
surface form:
William “Boss” Tweed
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| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
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| influenced | creation of public parks in New York City ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
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Kings County ⓘ
surface form:
Kings County, New York
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Park Slope
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surface form:
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Sunset Park ⓘ
surface form:
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn ⓘ |
| notableFor |
19th-century rural cemetery design
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Gothic Revival entrance gate ⓘ burial place of many notable Americans ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | Borough of Brooklyn ⓘ |
| usedAs | public park-like space in the 19th century ⓘ |
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James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr.
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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this entity surface form:
Greenwood Cemetery, New York (uncertain)
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historic Green-Wood Cemetery
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historic landscape of Green-Wood Cemetery
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Green-Wood Cemetery National Historic Landmark
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States