Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York

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Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York is a historic 19th-century cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable figures, including abolitionists and social reformers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
historic site
rural cemetery
adjacentTo University of Rochester
surface form: University of Rochester River Campus
associatedWithMovement abolitionism
social reform
women's suffrage
city Rochester
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Monroe County
culturalSignificance important site in Rochester local history
established 1838
foundedInPeriod 19th century
hasFeature chapel
gothic-style structures
historic entrance gates
mausoleums
monumental gravestones
scenic overlooks
winding roads
hasGuidedTours yes
hasNotableBurial Frederick Douglass
Henry Ward Beecher
surface form: Henry Ward

Nathaniel Rochester
Susan B. Anthony
many Civil War veterans
hasSection Civil War soldiers' section
family plots
hasVegetation mature trees
ornamental plantings
heritageDesignation historic cemetery
knownFor Victorian rural cemetery design
burial place of notable abolitionists
burial place of social reformers
picturesque landscape
locatedIn Rochester
surface form: Rochester, New York
locatedOn Mount Hope
near Genesee River
openingDate 1838
operator Rochester
surface form: City of Rochester
ownedBy Rochester
surface form: City of Rochester
state New York
terrainFeature glacial moraine
hilly landscape
touristAttraction yes
usedFor burials
commemoration
historical tours

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Helen Pitts Douglass burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Nathaniel Rochester burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Susan B. Anthony burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
this entity surface form: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, United States
Highland Park near Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
subject surface form: Highland Park (Rochester, New York)
this entity surface form: Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester, New York)
John Milton Gregory burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Elwell Stephen Otis burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
this entity surface form: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, United States
Hiram Sibley burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Lewis H. Morgan placeOfBurial Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York