Lexington Cemetery

Lexington Cemetery and Henry Clay Monument
One of the ponds at Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Cemetery is located in Kentucky
Lexington Cemetery
Location within Kentucky
Lexington Cemetery is located in the United States
Lexington Cemetery
Location within the United States
LocationLexington, Kentucky
Area170 acres (69 ha)
Built1849
ArchitectAdams, Julius W.; et al.
Architectural styleGothic, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.76000873
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1976

Lexington Cemetery is a private, non-profit 170-acre (69 ha) rural cemetery and arboretum located at 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky.

The Lexington Cemetery was established in 1848 as a place of beauty and a public cemetery, in part to deal with burials from the 1833 cholera epidemic in the area. What became Lexington National Cemetery was established in 1861 to inter American Civil War casualties. It was designed by Charles S. Bell and John Lutz. It was originally 40 acres but has expanded to 170 acres with more than 64,000 interments.

Its plantings include boxwood, cherries, crabapples, dogwoods, magnolias, taxus, as well as flowers such as begonias, chrysanthemums, irises, jonquils, lantanas, lilies, and tulips. Also on the grounds is an American basswood (Tilia Americana), which the cemetery claims to be the largest in the world. However, this claim is not supported by the National Register of Big Trees, which claims that the largest American Basswood is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Monuments

Two Confederate monuments were originally built in the cemetery, Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington Ladies' Confederate Memorial (1874) and Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington (1893). In 2018, two additional Confederate monuments were relocated here from downtown Lexington: John C. Breckinridge Memorial and John Hunt Morgan Memorial. All four monuments are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some notable people

The Lexington Cemetery maintains a list of notable interments. Others are listed here:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U–V

W

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lexington Cemetery & Cremation | Notable People". Lexcem.org. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ Pendleton, Phil; Aaron, Cameron (November 30, 2022). "Memorial service held for former Ky. Gov. John Y. Brown Jr". WYMT. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Quinn, Justin (November 22, 2022). "Former Boston Celtics owner John Y. Brown passes at age 88". celticwire.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lexington Cemetery & Cremation | Notable People". Lexcem.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Lexington Cemetery & Cremation | Notable People". Lexcem.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ Meter, Benjamin Franklin Van (1901). Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families who Have Taken Prominent Part ... – Benjamin Franklin Van Meter – Google Books. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Secretaries of State". Apps.sos.ky.gov. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

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