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- Green-Wood Cemetery - Wikipedia
Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City [7] The cemetery is located between South Slope Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park
- Our Story - Green-Wood
Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world as it is and was, by memorializing the dead and bringing to life the art, history, and natural beauty of New York City Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America
- Category:Green-Wood Cemetery - Wikimedia Commons
English: Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 on the highest site in the City of Brooklyn to serve as a burial place for New Yorkers at a time when cemeteries in New York City (Manhattan) were nearing their capacity It was designed by David Bates Douglas and was modeled after Pere Lachaise in Paris and Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- The Green-Wood Cemetery - The Historical Marker Database
Established in 1838, this was the largest and most varied of the early American rural cemeteries, carefully sited with dramatic views of the city and harbor beyond Erected 2006 by National Park Service Topics This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries Burial Sites A significant historical year for this entry is 1838
- Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans - Wikipedia
Greenwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana The cemetery was opened in 1852, [1] and is located on City Park Avenue (formerly Metairie Road) in the Navarre neighborhood The cemetery has a number of impressive monuments and sculptures [2] It is one of a group of historic cemeteries in New Orleans
- Green-Wood Cemetery - City Lore
Green-Wood Cemetery is an approximately 500-acre arboretum in Brooklyn Views of NY harbor from the cemetery’s high points are spectacular The lanes and dells and majestic specimen trees provide an idyllic setting for a peaceful walk inside the city limits
- Green-Wood Cemetery – The Classical Tombs Project
Green-Wood was New York City’s first rural cemetery Such cemeteries, located on the edges of a city, are a practical and elegant solution to the problems of limited space in urban centers and the ever-pending threat of disease
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