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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1836/00/00 John Notman Architect The Laurel Hill Cemetery is created between 1836 and 1839. John Notman's improves the topography of the site with terraces that descended to the river and a gatehouse with a classical colonnade.
1836/02/00 William Strickland Founder Nathan Dunn buys the Joseph Sims estate, Laurel Hill, north of Philadelphia for $15,200. John Jay Smith, druggist Frederick Brown, merchant Nathan Dunn, architect William Strickland and Benjamin W Richards establish the Laurel Hill Cemetery Company.
1858/02/21 John Kintzing Kane Died John Kintzing Kane dies in Philadelphia. He is buried in the family mausoleum at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section P, Lot 100, Philadelphia, PA.
1866/02/11 Jane Duval Leiper Kane Died Jane Duval Leiper Kane dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.
1868/06/00 Matthew Newkirk In Memoriam Matthew Newkirk is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
1879/04/30 Sarah Josepha Hale Died Sarah Josepha Hale passes away at home (lost), 1413 Locust Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
1900/08/22 Fairman Rogers Died Fairman Rogers dies in Vienna, Austria. He is buried in Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.
1902/08/25 John Christian Bullitt Died John Christian Bullitt dies at age 78 in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mr Bullitt is buried at Section P Lot 52, Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
1912/06/27 Frank Furness Died Frank Furness passes away in Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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Particulars for Laurel Hill Cemetery:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Funerary Cemetery
Architectural Style Exotic revival
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 77001185
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Notman,John,; et al.
Architectural Style: Exotic revival, Gothic, Classical revival
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture, Art, Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1836
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery

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