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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Upjohn and Company Architect
David Bates Douglass Architect
Almerin Hotchkiss Superintendent
1840/00/00 Almerin Hotchkiss Landscape Architect Green-Wood Cemetery is expanded
1872/01/09 Henry Halleck Died Henry Halleck dies in Louisville, Kentucky, He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
1874/04/13 James Bogardus Died James Bogardus passes away, interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn
1884/02/16 Theodore Roosevelt Mourner Alice Hathaway Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery Theodore Roosevelt's Double Tragedy
1884/02/16 Alice Hathaway Roosevelt In Memoriam Alice Hathaway Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery Theodore Roosevelt's Double Tragedy
1884/09/15 Elizabeth Hamilton Halleck Died Elizabeth Hamilton Halleck Cullum dies of uterine cancer in Newport, Rhode Island. She is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
1895/06/23 James Renwick Jr Died James Renwick passes away in New York City. He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York
1899/03/22 Sarah Boerum Wetmore Died Sarah Boerum Wetmore dies at at age 77 in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Mrs Wetmore is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
1902/02/18 Charles Lewis Tiffany Died Charles Lewis Tiffany dies in Yonkers, New York, he is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery
1905/03/25 Tiffany Studios Artisan Late on the night of March 25, Charles Boyd Curtis dies unexpectedly in his 54th St home. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery where Isabel erected a 20-foot tall Celtic cross created by Tiffany Studios to mark his grave.
1905/03/25 Isabella Douglass Curtis Widow Late on the night of March 25, Charles Boyd Curtis dies unexpectedly in his 54th St home. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery where Isabel erected a 20-foot tall Celtic cross created by Tiffany Studios to mark his grave.
1906/03/10 John Taylor Sherman Died John Taylor Sherman dies at age 74 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Mr Sherman is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
1908/03/13 Elizabeth Pinney Earle Died Elizabeth Pinney Earle dies, in Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut.
1915/03/19 Charles Baker Coffin In Memoriam Charles Baker Coffin is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
1920/05/02 Charles Frederick Coffin Died Charles Frederick Coffin dies at Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. Mr Coffin is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
1929/02/29 Daniel Appleton (NY National Guard) Died Daniel Appleton dies in White Plains. His funeral was held at the 7th Regiment Armory and was followed by a large parade through Manhattan of military members, veterans, and police officers, followed by a motorcade to his graveside service in Brooklyn.
1938/11/15 Clarence Hungerford Mackay In Memoriam Clarence Hungerford Mackay is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Particulars for Green-Wood Cemetery:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Historic Use Cemetery
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th March 1997

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Green--Wood Cemetery
Registry Address: 500 25th Street
Registry Number: 97000228
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Upjohn,Richard and Son; Douglass,David Bates
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 478
Contributing Buildings: 6
Non-Contributing Buildings: 5
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 6
Contributing Objects: 70
Other Certification: Determined eligible-certified district, Date received-pending nomination, Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Art, Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1838
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery

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