Laurel Hill Cemetery

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cemetery historic place rural cemetery

Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, noted for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of many prominent American figures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Laurel Hill Cemetery canonical	11
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)	1
Laurel Hill Cemetery Company	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic place ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ
19thCentury	true ⓘ
architect	John Notman NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Civil War officers ⓘ David Rittenhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisha Kent Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ General George Gordon Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Disston NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Antoine Godey NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthias W. Baldwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Josepha Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ members of the Widener family ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
founder	John Jay Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	1836 ⓘ
hasActivity	guided tours ⓘ historical programs ⓘ walking visits ⓘ
hasFeature	mature trees and plantings ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ obelisks ⓘ sculptural monuments ⓘ terraced slopes ⓘ winding paths ⓘ
hasPart	Central Laurel Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ North Laurel Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ South Laurel Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStyle	Victorian landscape design ⓘ rural cemetery movement ⓘ
hasUse	burial ground ⓘ memorial landscape ⓘ public park-like space ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationDate	1998 ⓘ
inception	1836 ⓘ
locatedIn	East Falls, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Schuylkill River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Victorian funerary art ⓘ burials of prominent American figures ⓘ elaborate funerary monuments ⓘ rural cemetery design ⓘ scenic river views ⓘ
NRHPType	district ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	Laurel Hill Cemetery Company NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George G. Meade → burialPlace → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

A. Mitchell Palmer → burialPlace → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

Eugene Ormandy → burialPlace → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States → ownedBy → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: West Laurel Hill Cemetery

this entity surface form: Laurel Hill Cemetery Company

West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States → isSisterCemeteryOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: West Laurel Hill Cemetery

this entity surface form: Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)

Kelly Drive → hasNearbyLandmark → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

John A. Dahlgren → burialPlace → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

North Laurel Hill → partOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

North Laurel Hill → isSectionOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

North Laurel Hill → heritageStatusAppliesToPart → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

Central Laurel Hill → partOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

South Laurel Hill → partOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ

South Laurel Hill → isSectionOf → Laurel Hill Cemetery ⓘ