Sharon Cemetery Historic District

  • Also Known As: Sharon Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

  • Address: Co Rd J40 about 3 mi E of Van Buren Co line
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1885/00/00 Sharon Presbyterian Church is built in 1885, the manse (1918), the sexton's house (1899), and the Toilet Rooms and Lavatory (c 1902).
1899/00/00 O C Simonds Landscape Architect OC Simonds lays out the rural cemetery and designs a plan for plantings on Sharon Cemetery, but it is unclear how closely the plan was followed.

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Particulars for Sharon Cemetery Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Cemetery
Sight Category Historic District
Sight Category Landscape
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 90002133
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Simonds,O.C.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Designed Historic Landscape
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1899
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery

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