Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia

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National Historic Landmark cemetery historic site rural cemetery

Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of many prominent Americans.

Aliases (1)

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Landmark → cemetery → historic site → rural cemetery →
architect	John Notman →
architecturalStyle	rural cemetery movement →
area	approximately 74 acres →
associatedWithMovement	rural cemetery movement in the United States →
burialPlaceOf	David Rittenhouse → Elisha Kent Kane → George Gordon Meade → Henry Charles Lea → Henry D. Gilpin → John C. Pemberton → John Wanamaker → Louis Antoine Godey → Matthias W. Baldwin → Sarah Josepha Hale → Thomas McKean → William F. Smith NERFINISHED →
country	United States →
foundedBy	John Jay Smith →
foundingDate	1836 →
hasSection	Central Laurel Hill → North Laurel Hill → South Laurel Hill →
hasStructure	Chapel → Gothic Revival gatehouse → Mausoleums → Obelisks → Sculptural monuments →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
landscapeDesigner	James C. Sidney NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia →
locatedOn	Schuylkill River →
NHLDesignationYear	1998 →
notableFor	Victorian funerary art → burials of prominent Americans → elaborate funerary monuments → picturesque landscape design →
NRHPListingYear	1977 →
NRHPType	historic district →
openingDate	1836 →
partOf	Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park historic resources context →
usedFor	burials → cultural events → historic tours →
website	https://thelaurelhillcemetery.org/ →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eleanor Elkins Widener → Samuel Francis Du Pont → Thomas McKean ("Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States") →	burialPlace