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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Bruce and Morgan (architects) Architect
1850/00/00
1929/09/07 Joseph Jacobs Died Joseph Jacobs dies in Atlanta, GA. At the time of his death, Jacobs was the operator of sixteen drug stores in Atlanta. Jacobs' Mausoleum is in Oakland Cemetery on Jewish Hill among many of Atlanta's wealthiest C19 and early C20 Jewish residents.

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Particulars for Oakland Cemetery:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Historic Use Cemetery
Architectural Style Exotic revival
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Italianate
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th April 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Oakland Cemetery
Registry Address: 248 Oakland Ave., SE
Registry Number: 76000627
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Bruce and Morgan; et al.
Architectural Style: Italianate, Exotic revival, Gothic revival
Area in Acres: 88
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Objects: 31
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Art, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1850, 1925
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery

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