Woodlawn Cemetery (Canandaigua, New York)
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Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, United States.
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| Location | 130 N. Pearl St, Canandaigua, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°53′18″N 77°17′56″W / 42.88833°N 77.29889°W |
| Area | 64.4 acres (26.1 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000914[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 2014 |
In June 1884, officers and trustees were elected and the original 28 acres (110,000 m2) of land were purchased from Lucius Wilcox. Over the years, people left adjacent land to the cemetery which now totals 64.4 acres (261,000 m2) in the city and 7 acres (28,000 m2) in the town of Canandaigua and serves as a burial site for more than 13,000 people.
The Woodlawn Cemetery chapel was dedicated in 1910. In 2014 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Notable burials
edit- Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) – Governor of New York
- Crystal Eastman (1881–1928) – feminist, socialist, antimilitarist, lawyer, journalist, and worker safety pioneer. Co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union
- Francis Granger (1792–1868) – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Postmaster General; candidate for U.S. Vice President (1836)
- Gideon Granger (1767–1822) – New York State Senator and U.S. Postmaster General
- Barney Kessel (1923–2004) – legendary Jazz Guitarist
- Stanton Davis Kirkham (1868–1944) – author
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (1814–1890) – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and United States Senate
- John Raines (1840–1909) – New York State Senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Frederick Ferris Thompson (1836–1899) – notable banker, co-founder of predecessor banks to Citibank and JP Morgan Chase
- Mary Clark Thompson (1835–1923) – philanthropist
- Edward Francis Winslow (1837–1914) – a Civil War general, who died at Sonnenberg while visiting Mary Clark Thompson and her banker husband, Frederick Ferris Thompson
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/10/14 through 11/14/14. National Park Service. 2014-11-21.
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