Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable New Yorkers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
cemetery
rural cemetery
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle rural cemetery movement
area approximately 478 acres
borough Brooklyn
cemeteryType nonsectarian
containsGraveOf Boss Tweed NERFINISHED
Charles Ebbets NERFINISHED
Civil War soldiers
DeWitt Clinton NERFINISHED
Elias Howe NERFINISHED
Henry Steinway NERFINISHED
Henry Ward Beecher NERFINISHED
Horace Greeley NERFINISHED
Jean-Michel Basquiat NERFINISHED
Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
Louis Comfort Tiffany NERFINISHED
Peter Cooper NERFINISHED
Samuel F. B. Morse NERFINISHED
Susan Smith McKinney Steward NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designatedNHL 2006
established 1838
foundedAs rural cemetery
foundedBy Henry Evelyn Pierrepont NERFINISHED
hasFeature Battle Hill NERFINISHED
Civil War soldiers’ lots
Gothic Revival main entrance
family mausoleums
glacial kettle ponds
historic chapel
rolling hills
sculptural monuments
views of Manhattan skyline
winding paths
hasFunction active burial ground
cultural venue
historic landscape
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing

New York City Landmark
inception 1838
inspiredBy Mount Auburn Cemetery NERFINISHED
Père Lachaise Cemetery NERFINISHED
knownFor 19th-century rural cemetery design
Victorian funerary art
historic mausoleums and monuments
picturesque landscape
resting place of many notable New Yorkers
locatedIn Brooklyn NERFINISHED
New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
neighborhood Greenwood Heights NERFINISHED
Park Slope NERFINISHED
Sunset Park NERFINISHED
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000538
NRHPType historic district
offers guided tours
public programs and events
opened 1840
operator The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization) NERFINISHED
partOf rural cemetery movement in the United States
usedAs public park before creation of city parks system
website https://www.green-wood.com/

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Sylvia Woods burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn