Greenwood Cemetery (Pittsburgh)
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in the Pittsburgh suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
The cemetery was opened in 1874[1] and is located approximately six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh at 321 Kittanning Pike321 (zip code 15215).
Notables interred here include Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson.[2] Wilson's 1995 play Seven Guitars uses the cemetery as a setting.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "About Us". greenwoodpa.org. Retrieved 30 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Wilson, August #13712". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
External links[]
- Official website[dead link]
- Greenwood Cemetery at Find a Grave
- GNIS data 40°30′39″N 79°55′20″W / 40.5107490°N 79.9221067°WCoordinates: 40°30′39″N 79°55′20″W / 40.5107490°N 79.9221067°W
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- History of Pittsburgh
- Cemeteries in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- 1874 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania building and structure stubs
- United States cemetery stubs