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Laurel Hill Cemetery, also called Laurel Hill East to distinguish it from the affiliated West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts .
- List of burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery - Wikipedia
Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery...
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Laurel Hill Cemetery (formerly Lone Mountain Cemetery)...
- List of burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery - Wikipedia
Founded in 1836 as an alternative to the overcrowded churchyards of rapidly growing Philadelphia, Laurel Hill Cemetery was the first rural cemetery for the city and the second in the United States. With monuments designed by the era’s most prominent sculptors and architects, it served as elite Philadelphia’s preferred burial place for over ...
Laurel Hill is one of the first rural "garden" cemeteries in the country. It is a treasure trove of Victorian-style funeral monuments and one of the first true arboretums and municipal parks in America. Laurel Hill contains graves of many distinguished Civil War-era personalities, including Gen. George G. Meade.
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Lone Mountain Cemetery) Opened: June 28, 1854 (Dedicated as Lone Mountain Cemetery on May 30, 1854.) Location: Bounded by California Street, Geary Boulevard, Parker and Presidio Avenues. Renamed: Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1867. Closed: Bodies moved in 1939-1940 to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California.
Laurel Hill Cemetery was the first architecturally designed cemetery in the country. Laurel Hill Cemetery was laid out on a series of winding paths above the Schuylkill River in 1836 — intended to not only be a non-denominational burial place, but also a scenic sanctuary for the living.
