Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.[2]
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| Location | Elizabeth, Hillside and Newark, New Jersey, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′32″N 74°12′39″W / 40.69222°N 74.21083°W |
| Area | 115 acres (47 hectares) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Mid-19th-century revival, late-19th- and 20th-century revivals, late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000882 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 9, 1991 |
The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register[3] and the National Register of Historic Places,[4] since 1991.[5]
Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.
The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Romani "gypsy" families.[6][7][8]
It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.
King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.[9]
Notable interments
edit- James Vote Bomford (1811–1892), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
- William Brant Jr. (1842–1898), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- John Brisbin (1818–1880), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 1851[10]
- William Chetwood (1771–1857), U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836–37[11]
- Adoniram Judson Clark (1838–1913), Civil War Union Army officer
- Amos Clark Jr. (1828–1912), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1873–75[12]
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900), author; known for his war novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895)[13]
- Barton Wood Currie (1877–1962), American journalist and author[14]
- Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), author; known for her novel Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1865)[13]
- James M. Drake (1837–1913), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient[15]
- George F. Houston (1896–1944), Broadway and Hollywood actor
- Adolphus J. Johnson (1815–1893), Civil War Union Army officer[16]
- Phineas Jones (1819–1884), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1881–83[17]
- Abraham Kaiser (1852–1912), businessman and politician
- John Kean (1852–1914), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 1883–85, 1887–89; United States Senator from New Jersey[18]
- Rufus King Jr. (1838–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient[19]
- William J. Magie (1832–1917), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1880–1900, serving as Chief Justice from 1897 to 1900
- Luther Martin (1827–1863), Civil War Union Army officer[20][21]
- Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), author and creator of The Hardy Boys (1927) and Nancy Drew (1930) book series[13]
- Charles August Sulzer (1879–1919), delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1917–19[22]
- William Sulzer (1863–1941), Governor of New York in 1913 who was impeached and removed from office later that year[23]
- Homer W. Wheeler (1848–1930), U.S. army officer and author[24][25]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ See USGS Topo for county lines.[full citation needed]
- ^ ID #2681.[full citation needed]
- ^ Reference #91000882.[full citation needed]
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ "Kings? Queens? Palm readers? Meet the City's Hidden Gypsies". Charles Cummings.
- ^ Anndee Hochman (August 18, 1984). "Friends Mourn Falls Church Gypsy Known as Musician, Peacemaker". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "Strolling the Serpentine Paths at Evergreen Cemetery".
- ^ "Glimpse of History: When Hollywood came to Hillside". www.nj.com. May 2015.
- ^ John Brisbin, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ William Chetwood, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ Amos Clark, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". The New York Times. March 28, 2004.
- ^ "Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918–1948: Finding Aid". Princeton University Library. 2009. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010.
- ^ "Gen. J. Madison Drake Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. November 29, 1913. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Civil War index. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Phineas Jones, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "John Kean". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr". Antietam on the Web. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ "11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment". www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ "11th New Jersey". civilwarintheeast.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ Charles August Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ William Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "Ex-Army Officer's Funeral Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. April 13, 1930. p. IV-7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "U.S. Department of War, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925–1970, Entry for Homer W. Wheeler". Ancestry.com. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com LLC. October 29, 1930. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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