Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States

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cemetery historic cemetery

Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas, is a historic and picturesque burial ground known as the resting place of many prominent local figures, including philanthropist William Marsh Rice.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Glenwood Cemetery 0
Glenwood Cemetery, Houston 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
architecturalStyle rural cemetery ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCoordinateLatitude 29.770 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude -95.402 ⓘ
hasFeature monumental sculpture ⓘ
ornamental landscaping ⓘ
views of downtown Houston skyline ⓘ
winding roads ⓘ
hasFunction memorial park ⓘ
hasSection family plots ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
monument lots ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.glenwoodcemetery.org/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation Texas Historic Cemetery ⓘ
inception 1871 ⓘ
locatedIn Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn north bank of Buffalo Bayou ⓘ
nearby Buffalo Bayou ⓘ
notableBurial Alice Graham Baker ⓘ
Anson Jones ⓘ
Charlotte Allen ⓘ
Edgar Odell Lovett NERFINISHED ⓘ
George R. Brown ⓘ
Howard Hughes ⓘ
Hugh Roy Cullen NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Baker ⓘ
surface form: James A. Baker III

James A. Elkins Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
James A. Elkins Sr. ⓘ
Jesse H. Jones ⓘ
Mabel Smith Vanderburg ⓘ
Oveta Culp Hobby ⓘ
Roy M. Huffington ⓘ
Thomas William House Sr. ⓘ
William B. Bates ⓘ
William L. Clayton ⓘ
William Marsh Rice ⓘ
William P. Hobby ⓘ
openingDate 1871 ⓘ
ownedBy Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. ⓘ
serves Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Houston metropolitan area
significantFor burials of prominent Houston citizens ⓘ
historic landscape design ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
use burial ground ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Anson Jones → burialPlace → Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston
Howard Hughes → burialPlace → Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
William Marsh Rice → placeOfBurial → Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ