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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn canonical | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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cemetery ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | rural cemetery movement ⓘ |
| area | approximately 478 acres ⓘ |
| borough | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| cemeteryType | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| containsGraveOf |
Boss Tweed
NERFINISHED
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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
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surface form:
United States
|
| designatedNHL | 2006 ⓘ |
| established | 1838 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | rural cemetery ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Henry Evelyn Pierrepont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Battle Hill
NERFINISHED
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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
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cultural venue ⓘ historic landscape ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 1838 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Mount Auburn Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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Père Lachaise Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
19th-century rural cemetery design
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Victorian funerary art ⓘ historic mausoleums and monuments ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ resting place of many notable New Yorkers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| neighborhood |
Greenwood Heights
NERFINISHED
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Park Slope NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunset Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000538 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| offers |
guided tours
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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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