Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery | |
Location | 3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°W |
Area | 124 acres (50 ha) |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Hawkins,J.H.W.; Lamoreaux,L.A. |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 82003198[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1982 |
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.[2]
Notable interments
- Hazel Abel, U.S. Senator[3]
- Gordon MacRae, actor
- Charles Starkweather, spree killer[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
- ^ "Hazel ABEL". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ^ Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
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- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
- 1869 establishments in Nebraska
- Buildings and structures in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Protected areas of Lancaster County, Nebraska
- Jewish cemeteries in Nebraska
- History of Lincoln, Nebraska
- National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Nebraska Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States cemetery stubs
- Jewish cemetery stubs