Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)

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Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York is a large 19th-century rural cemetery known for its picturesque landscape, notable funerary art, and the graves of prominent local and national figures.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
rural cemetery
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedInPeriod 19th century
hasArtStyle Gothic Revival elements
Romanesque Revival elements
Victorian funerary art
hasLandscapeFeature lakes and ponds
ravines
scenic overlooks
winding roads and paths
wooded hills
hasLandscapeStyle picturesque landscape design
hasNotableBurial Amos Eaton
Emma Willard
George H. Thomas
surface form: George H. Thomas (cenotaph)

George M. Phelps
Henry Burden
John A. Griswold
John E. Wool
Joseph Bradford Carr
Russell Sage
Sam Wilson
surface form: Samuel Wilson

members of the Burden family
prominent Troy industrialists
hasStructure Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium
family burial plots
mausoleums
hasUse active burial ground
historic site
tourist attraction
hasView panoramic views of Troy and the Hudson River Valley
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: National Historic Landmark District

National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1848
knownFor graves of prominent local figures
graves of prominent national figures
monumental sculpture
notable funerary art
picturesque landscape
locatedIn Hudson Valley
surface form: Hudson River Valley

New York
surface form: New York (state)

Rensselaer County, New York NERFINISHED
Troy, New York NERFINISHED
offers guided tours
overlooks Troy
surface form: City of Troy

Hudson River
partOf rural cemetery movement

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Troy, New York, United States hasHistoricDistrict Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
subject surface form: Troy, New York