Riverside Cemetery, Denver

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Riverside Cemetery in Denver is a historic burial ground known as the city’s oldest operating cemetery and the resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
city Denver NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateListedOnNRHP February 11, 1994
hasArea approximately 77 acres
hasFeature family plots
historic monuments
tree-lined avenues
veterans’ sections
hasLandscapeStyle park-like rural cemetery design
hasNotableBurials Barney Ford NERFINISHED
Buffalo Soldiers NERFINISHED
Colorado governors
Colorado mayors
Colorado pioneers
Elias M. Ammons NERFINISHED
James B. Grant NERFINISHED
John Evans NERFINISHED
John Long Routt NERFINISHED
Samuel Hitt Elbert NERFINISHED
Silas S. Soule NERFINISHED
William Byers NERFINISHED
many early Colorado politicians
prominent Denver business leaders
veterans of World War I
veterans of World War II
veterans of the American Civil War
veterans of the Indian Wars
veterans of the Spanish–American War
hasNumberOfBurials more than 60,000
hasSignificance important record of Denver and Colorado territorial history
resting place of many prominent Colorado pioneers and political figures
hasUse active burial ground
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
inception 1876
isOldest oldest operating cemetery in Denver
locatedIn Denver, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED
locatedOn east bank of the South Platte River
NRHPReferenceNumber 93000036
NRHPType historic district
openingDate 1876
operatedBy Fairmount Cemetery Company NERFINISHED
ownedBy Fairmount Cemetery Company NERFINISHED
state Colorado

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Samuel Hitt Elbert burialPlace Riverside Cemetery, Denver