Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, nonsectarian burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery.[1]
It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins' 650-acre (2.6 km2) estate, Homewood.[2]
Notable interments
- David Lytle Clark (1864–1939), businessman, creator of Clark Bar & Zagnut
- Bertha Lamme Feicht (1869-1943), First female engineering graduate from Ohio State University and first female engineer to be employed by Westinghouse.
- William Flinn (1851–1924), politician
- Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist, founder of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Childs Frick (1883-1965)- Anthropologist
- Helen Clay Frick (1888–1984), philanthropist
- Henry P. Ford (1837–1905), Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1896–1899
- Erroll Garner (1921–1977), jazz pianist and composer
- Teenie Harris (1908–1998), photographer
- H. J. Heinz II (1908–1987), industrialist[3]
- H. John Heinz III (1938–1991), United States Senator[4]
- George Hetzel (1826–1899), portrait and landscape painter
- Michael Late Benedum (1869-1959) businessman, co-founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company
- John Barrett Kerfoot (1816–1881), first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Perle Mesta (1889–1975), Ambassador to Luxembourg 1949-53, and a noted Washington, D.C. socialite during Eisenhower and Nixon eras.
- Alvin P. Shapiro (1920–1998), a physician and educator
- Stephen Varzaly (1890–1957), priest, journalist, and cultural activist
- Ernest T. Weir, founder of Weirton Steel and National Steel Corporation[5]
- William Wilkins (1779–1865), U.S. Senator[6]
Sports figures
- Chuck Cooper (1926–1984) First African-American to be drafted into the NBA[7]
- Bill Bishop (1869–1932, professional baseball player
- Pie Traynor (1899–1972), baseball Hall of Famer[8]
- Jock Sutherland (1889–1948), football coach
Gallery
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Motherless (1897), George Anderson Lawson, sculptor -
Bronze relief on Walker monument (ca. 1918-1921), Max Bachmann, sculptor
References
- ^ http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/maps/point_breeze.html
- ^ Toker, Franklin. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1986, p. 221.
- ^ Skrabec, Quentin R. H.J. Heinz: A Biography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2009, p. 205.
- ^ Dodge, Andrew R. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-2005. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, p. 1232.
- ^ "Ernest T. Weir Dies At 81." Wall Street Journal. June 27, 1957.
- ^ Alzo, Lisa A. Pittsburgh's Immigrants. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2006, p. 48.
- ^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Markoe, Karen; and Markoe, Arnie. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Detroit: Gale, 1998, p. 180.
- ^ Forr, James and Proctor, David. Pie Traynor: A Baseball Biography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2010, p. 8.
