rural cemetery movement

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19th-century social movement cemetery design movement landscape architecture movement

The rural cemetery movement was a 19th-century trend that created large, picturesque, park-like burial grounds on the outskirts of cities, combining memorial functions with landscaped public green space.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century social movement ⓘ cemetery design movement ⓘ landscape architecture movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	19th-century American middle-class culture ⓘ changing attitudes toward death and mourning ⓘ suburbanization of burial practices ⓘ
hasKeyFeature	chapels and receiving tombs ⓘ family plots and private lots ⓘ gatehouses and ornamental entrances ⓘ obelisks, statues, and elaborate grave markers ⓘ ornamental trees and shrubs ⓘ scenic topography with hills and valleys ⓘ views over surrounding countryside or city ⓘ winding carriage drives ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic	combination of memorial and recreational functions ⓘ curvilinear paths and drives ⓘ informal, naturalistic planting ⓘ integration of water features such as ponds and lakes ⓘ large burial grounds located on the outskirts of cities ⓘ monumental funerary art and sculpture ⓘ park-like atmosphere intended for public visitation ⓘ picturesque and park-like landscapes ⓘ use of scenic vistas and viewpoints ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Albany Rural Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Cave Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Hills Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Mount Cemetery (Baltimore) NERFINISHED ⓘ Green-Wood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Auburn Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rural Cemetery at Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring Grove Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPurpose	create dignified and permanent burial places ⓘ express social status through monuments and plots ⓘ offer public green space and recreation ⓘ promote moral and contemplative reflection on death and nature ⓘ provide sanitary alternatives to overcrowded urban churchyards ⓘ
influenced	development of urban public parks in the United States ⓘ garden cemetery design in Europe ⓘ landscape architecture as a profession ⓘ memorial park and lawn-park cemetery forms ⓘ
influencedBy	English landscape garden tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ picturesque landscape theory ⓘ public health concerns about urban burial ⓘ
replacedBy	lawn-park cemetery movement NERFINISHED ⓘ memorial park cemetery movement ⓘ
startTime	1830s ⓘ

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Milton Cemetery, Milton, Massachusetts, United States → hasLandscapeStyle → rural cemetery movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Milton Cemetery

Lake View Cemetery → hasHeritage → rural cemetery movement ⓘ