Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of prominent figures including civil rights icon Rosa Parks.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
historic place
country United States
hasCoordinates 42.424°N 83.074°W
hasFeature landscaped grounds
mausoleums
monuments
hasUse burial ground
heritageDesignation Michigan State Historic Site
inception 1895
locatedIn Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
Michigan NERFINISHED
Wayne County, Michigan NERFINISHED
notableBurial Albert Cobo
Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED
Charles A. Baird NERFINISHED
Charles A. DuCharme NERFINISHED
Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.
Damon Keith
David Whitney Jr. NERFINISHED
Dexter M. Ferry NERFINISHED
Edmund C. Shields NERFINISHED
Edsel Ford NERFINISHED
Hamilton Carhartt
Hazel Scott NERFINISHED
Henry M. Leland NERFINISHED
Horace Rackham
James J. Couzens NERFINISHED
James Vernor NERFINISHED
John B. Ford
John Conyers
Lewis Cass Ledyard NERFINISHED
Philip A. Hart
Rosa Parks NERFINISHED
Roy D. Chapin NERFINISHED
Tracy McGregor
William C. Maybury NERFINISHED
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Woodlawn Cemetery Association (Detroit)
religiousAffiliation non-sectarian
significantFor burials of civil rights leaders
burials of musicians
burials of political figures
burials of prominent Detroit industrialists

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
C. L. Franklin
Henry Ford II
Rosa Parks
William Clay Ford Sr.
burialPlace
Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) ("Woodlawn Cemetery Association (Detroit)")
ownedBy

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