Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City

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cemetery garden cemetery historic district rural cemetery tourist attraction

Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery → garden cemetery → historic district → rural cemetery → tourist attraction →
architect	Carrère and Hastings → James Gamble Rogers → John Russell Pope → McKim, Mead & White →
area	approximately 400 acres →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
countrySubdivision	New York →
foundedBy	Woodlawn Cemetery Association →
foundedIn	1863 →
governingBody	The Woodlawn Cemetery (nonprofit organization) →
hasBurial	Admiral David Farragut → Bat Masterson → Carrie Chapman Catt → Celeste Holm → Coleman Hawkins → Duke Ellington → Elizabeth Cady Stanton → Fiorello H. La Guardia → Fiorello Henry La Guardia → Fiorello La Guardia → Frank Winfield Woolworth → Gertrude Ederle → Herman Melville → Irving Berlin → J. C. Penney → Jay Gould → Jean-Michel Basquiat → Joseph Pulitzer → Lionel Hampton → Madam C. J. Walker → Max Roach → Miles Davis → Nellie Bly → R. H. Macy → Ruth Snyder → W. C. Handy → William Randolph Hearst →
hasFunction	active burial ground → cultural heritage site → public green space →
hasWebsite	https://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/ →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
heritageDesignationDate	2011 →
landscapeStyle	park-like → picturesque →
locatedIn	Bronx → New York City → New York City borough of the Bronx → New York State →
neighborhood	Woodlawn →
notableFor	Art Nouveau architecture → Beaux-Arts architecture → Gothic Revival architecture → Romanesque Revival architecture → burials of many prominent Americans → elaborate mausoleums → mausoleums designed by leading architects → monumental funerary sculpture →
NRHPListing	Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) →
NRHPType	historic district →
offers	architectural tours → guided tours → historical programs →
openingDate	1863 →
sculptor	Alexander Stirling Calder → Daniel Chester French → Karl Bitter →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States") → Bat Masterson ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue → Carrie Chapman Catt ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → David Farragut ("Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York City") → Duke Ellington ("Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York City") → Elizabeth Cady Stanton ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → Fiorello H. La Guardia ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx") → Frank Winfield Woolworth ("Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx") → Irving Berlin ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx") → Jay Gould ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx") → Joseph Pulitzer ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → Madam C. J. Walker ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States") → Max Roach ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → Nellie Bly ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → R. H. Macy ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx") → Toni Morrison ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → W. C. Handy ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") → William C. Durant ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") →	burialPlace
Ralph Bunche ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States") →	buriedAt
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ("Woodlawn Cemetery Association") →	foundedBy
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ("The Woodlawn Cemetery (nonprofit organization)") →	governingBody
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ("Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)") →	NRHPListing
Bumpy Johnson ("Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States") →	placeOfBurial