Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable New Yorkers.

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Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
cemetery
rural cemetery
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle rural cemetery movement
area approximately 478 acres
borough Brooklyn
cemeteryType nonsectarian
containsGraveOf Boss Tweed
Charles Ebbets
Civil War soldiers
DeWitt Clinton
Elias Howe
Henry Steinway
Henry Ward Beecher
Horace Greeley
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Leonard Bernstein
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Peter Cooper
Samuel F. B. Morse
linked to: Samuel Morse

Susan Smith McKinney Steward
country United States
designatedNHL 2006
established 1838
foundedAs rural cemetery
foundedBy Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
hasFeature Battle Hill
Civil War soldiers’ lots
Gothic Revival main entrance
family mausoleums
glacial kettle ponds
historic chapel
rolling hills
sculptural monuments
views of Manhattan skyline
winding paths
hasFunction active burial ground
cultural venue
historic landscape
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places listing
New York City Landmark
inception 1838
inspiredBy Mount Auburn Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery
knownFor 19th-century rural cemetery design
Victorian funerary art
historic mausoleums and monuments
picturesque landscape
resting place of many notable New Yorkers
locatedIn Brooklyn
New York City
New York State
United States
neighborhood Greenwood Heights
Park Slope
Sunset Park
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000538
NRHPType historic district
offers guided tours
public programs and events
opened 1840
operator The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization)
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery
partOf rural cemetery movement in the United States
usedAs public park before creation of city parks system
website https://www.green-wood.com/

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Sylvia Woods burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
John William Mackay burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn