Brooke Cemetery
Brooke Cemetery | |
 Brooke Cemetery, April 2011 | |
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| Location | 2200 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′15″N 80°36′17″W / 40.28750°N 80.60472°WCoordinates: 40°17′15″N 80°36′17″W / 40.28750°N 80.60472°W |
| Area | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
| Built | 1857 |
| Architect | Chislett, John |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Modern Movement |
| MPS | Pleasant Avenue MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001070 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1986 |
Brooke Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was founded in 1857. It includes several notable examples of funerary art in its headstones, above ground crypts, and mausolea dating to the 19th and early 20th century. It was designed by , who also designed Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Notable interments[]
- Isaac H. Duval (1824-1902)
- Patrick Gass (1771-1870)
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hiram J. Lester (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Brooke Cemetery" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Brooke County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Brooke County, West Virginia
- 1857 establishments in Virginia
- Rural cemeteries
- Northern Panhandle Registered Historic Place stubs