Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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View from the front gate
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| Location: | 4611 Benning Rd., SE Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates: | 38°53′6″N 76°56′19″W / 38.88500°N 76.93861°WCoordinates: 38°53′6″N 76°56′19″W / 38.88500°N 76.93861°W |
| Area: | 22.7 acres (9.2 ha) |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 96001499[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 20, 1996 |
Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Washington, D.C.. It occupies approximately 22.5 acres in Southeast, Washington, D.C.
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History [edit]
It was founded in 1895, and was closed in 1970.
There are many prominent Americans buried there, including Blanche Kelso Bruce, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and John Mercer Langston, a Congressman from Virginia.
Volunteers are working to restore the cemetery, using ground penetrating radar, after decades of neglect.[2][3]
A play, Woodlawn, about the cemetery was produced by Young Playwrights' Theater.[4]
Notable interments [edit]
- Blanche K. Bruce
- Roscoe Conkling Bruce
- Mary P. Burrill
- Will Marion Cook
- John W. Cromwell
- W. Bruce Evans
- John R. Francis
- John Mercer Langston
- Jesse Lawson
- Mary Meriwether
- Daniel Murray
- Major Frederick Revels[5]
References [edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ http://africanamericancemeteries.com/news/?p=131
- ^ http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/02/volunteers-fight-to-preserve-woodlawn-cemetery-55459.html
- ^ DeNeen L. Brown (March 6, 2011). "A D.C. cemetery's dead come to life again on stage". The Washington Post.
- ^ http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/woodlawn-cemetery-african-american-heritage-trail
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) |
- Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Official Page
- "Woodlawn-Cemetery" wikimapia
- http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42050
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