Lawnview Memorial Park
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1904 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°04′52″N 75°05′54″W / 40.0812139°N 75.0982272°WCoordinates: 40°04′52″N 75°05′54″W / 40.0812139°N 75.0982272°W |
| Type | private |
| Owned by | Odd Fellows Cemetery Company of Philadelphia |
| Size | 82 acres |
| No. of graves | >36,000 |
| Website | cemeteryco |
| Find a Grave | Lawnview Memorial Park |
Lawnview Memorial Park, sometimes referred to as Lawnview Cemetery, is a cemetery located at 500 Huntingdon Pike in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.
Origins and history[]
Established in 1904,[1] Lawnview Cemetery is the resting place for many prominent residents, including soldiers from every American war.
The cemetery was purchased in 1904 to provide affordable burials to Northeast Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. A stone chapel was built on the grounds in 1914. The Lawnview Chapel provided non-denominational services and receiving vaults for bodies awaiting burial. The chapel was converted to the Odd Fellows Cemetery Company's general offices in 1979.[2]
When Monument Cemetery was acquired by Temple University in 1956, many remains were moved to Lawnview. Many graves from the former Odd Fellows Cemetery (Philadelphia) were also relocated here.
Notable interments[]
- DeWitt Clinton Baxter – artist and engraver, Colonel and Brigadier General in the Union Army.[3]
- Henry Brutsche – soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[4]
- John Hull Campbell – American Party member in the United States House of Representatives.[5]
- John E. Clopp – soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[6]
- Thomas Birch Florence – Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[7]
- James Landy – US Congressman
- George Lippard – 19th-century American novelist, journalist, playwright. Widely read author in antebellum America.[8]
- Henry Dunning Moore – Whig member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[9]
- – American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[10]
- Charles Frederick Pracht – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[11]
- Hampton S. Thomas – American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Harold Charles Wilson – Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
Gallery[]
Flag Memorial to Veterans
The bronze profile of the Marquis de Lafayette originally from the Memorial in Monument Cemetery in Philadelphia.[12] It was originally dedicated in 1869 and moved to Lawnview Cemetery in 1956
The bronze profile of George Washington originally from the memorial in Monument Cemetery in Philadelphia.[12] It was originally dedicated in 1869 and moved to Lawnview Memorial Park in 1956
References[]
- ^ "Historical Pride" (PDF). cemeteryco. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "History". cemeteryco.net. YP Intellectual Property LLC. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Civil War High Commands
- ^ Fold3
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Victoria Cross
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Victoria Cross
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ a b Scharf, John Thomas and Thompson Westcott (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884, Volume 3. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 1873. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
External links[]
- 1904 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Cemeteries in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Mass graves
- Odd Fellows cemeteries in the United States