Lake View Cemetery (Penn Yan, New York)
Appearance
Lake View Cemetery | |
Lake View Cemetery. Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel. | |
Location | W. Lake Rd., Penn Yan, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°39′41″N 77°3′51″W / 42.66139°N 77.06417°W |
Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
Architect | Taylor, Albert Davis |
NRHP reference No. | 96000137[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 1996 |
Lake View Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It is a 50-acre (20 ha) cemetery property that includes wooded and open acres included in the cemetery's historic landscape plan and developed in two phases between about 1855 and 1906. The property includes the Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel, a two-story brick Gothic Revival structure built in 1923-1924.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
Burials
- Morris Brown, Jr. (1842-1864)
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth (1790-1863). New York's 26th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847.
- Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt (1849-1920).
- Edward Johnston (1844-1920).
- Joshua Lee. New York's 27th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 to 1837.
- Daniel Morris (1812-1889).
- Andrew Oliver (1815-1889).
- Brevet Major General John Morrison Oliver (1828-1872).
- William Morrison Oliver (1792-1863). New York's 27th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843
- Elijah Spencer (1775-1852).
Gallery
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South gate.
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Ellsworth burial.
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Hamlin burial.
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View of the Cemetery.
External links
- Lake View Cemetery (Penn Yan, New York) at Political Graveyard
- Lake View Cemetery (Penn Yan, New York) at Findagrave
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ John A. Bonafide (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lake View Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14.See also: "Accompanying 15 photos".
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