Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee

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cemetery historic site

Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee is a historic 19th-century garden-style cemetery known for its notable burials, elaborate Victorian funerary art, and significance in the city’s cultural and architectural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee canonical 1
Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Victorian funerary art NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith American rural cemetery movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian-era mourning customs ⓘ
development of Knoxville in the 19th century ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasArtStyle Classical Revival elements ⓘ
Gothic Revival elements ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Victorian symbolism ⓘ
elaborate monuments ⓘ
garden-style layout ⓘ
landscaped grounds ⓘ
mature trees ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
ornate headstones ⓘ
winding paths ⓘ
hasEra 19th century ⓘ
hasFeature curvilinear drives ⓘ
family plots ⓘ
historic grave markers ⓘ
landscape design typical of rural cemeteries ⓘ
sculptural monuments ⓘ
symbolic carvings ⓘ
hasNotableBurials Civil War figures ⓘ
business leaders ⓘ
politicians ⓘ
prominent Knoxville citizens ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic cemetery ⓘ
inception 1850s ⓘ
locatedIn Knox County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Knoxville historic cemeteries ⓘ
significantFor architectural heritage of Knoxville ⓘ
cultural heritage of Knoxville ⓘ
funerary art ⓘ
local history ⓘ
usedFor burials ⓘ
commemoration ⓘ
genealogical research ⓘ
historical tours ⓘ

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Edward T. Sanford (on the U.S. Supreme Court) → burialPlace → Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward T. Sanford
Edward Terry Sanford → burialPlace → Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States