Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
Oak Ridge Cemetery | |
 Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | |
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| Location | 1441 Monument Ave., Springfield, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°49′25″N 89°39′28″W / 39.82361°N 89.65778°W |
| Area | 365 acres (148 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architect | William Saunders |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000986 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 1995 |
The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is here, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson.[2][3]
The cemetery was designed by William Saunders in the Rural Cemetery Landscape Lawn style.[2] The location was chosen for its topography, including rolling hills, key to this style. The many eponymous oak trees cover a ridge bordering low-lying Spring Creek, a landscape unusual in central Illinois. The newest, southwest section opened after 1945. Its design follows the Memorial Park style, in which roadways are wide enough for motor vehicles.[2]
Oak Ridge has a Korean War memorial, the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum is adjacent.
Notable burials
edit- William Henry Bissell
- Jacob Bunn
- John Whitfield Bunn
- Daniel Pope Cook
- John Cook
- Shelby Moore Cullom
- Jesse K. Dubois
- Ninian Edwards, only governor of the Illinois Territory
- William Lee D. Ewing
- Nellie Grant – daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant
- William Herndon
- Elijah Iles
- William Jayne
- John L. Lewis – President of the United Mine Workers from 1919 to 1960
- Abraham Lincoln – sixteenth President of the United States during the Civil War
- Mary Todd Lincoln – Abraham's wife
- Fleetwood Lindley – the last person to have looked upon Lincoln's face in September 1901
- Vachel Lindsay
- John Alexander McClernand
- Alfred Orendorff
- John Carroll Power – first custodian of Lincoln's Tomb
- Alexander Starne – Illinois Secretary of State and Illinois Treasurer
- John T. Stuart – U.S. Congressman, lawyer, law partner of Abraham Lincoln
- John Riley Tanner
- Arthur Harrison Wilson (Medal of Honor)
Gallery
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Korean War Memorial -
Close up of Korean War Memorial -
Battle of Chosin Reservoir Memorial -
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial -
Vietnam War Memorial close up -
World War II Memorial -
The European Theater side of the World War II Memorial -
Lincoln's Tomb
Burial room -
Lincoln's Tomb
Custodian's Residence -
Governor John Riley Tanner's tomb
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c National Register of Historic Places
- ^ Russo, Edward J. (2009). Oak Ridge Cemetery. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7385-7723-4. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
External links
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- Illinois Ancestors[permanent dead link] – Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery – City of Springfield
- Graveyards.com – photos
- Oak Ridge Cemetery at Find a Grave
