Webster Avenue & East 233rd Street, Bronx, New York. County/parish: Bronx.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 23, 2011. NRIS 11000563.
4 contributing buildings. 26 contributing sites. 130 contributing structures. 112 contributing objects.
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, in what was then Yonkers, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. It is notable in part as the final resting place of some well-known figures.
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