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English: Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 on the highest site in the City of Brooklyn to serve as a burial place for New Yorkers at a time when cemeteries in New York City (Manhattan) were nearing their capacity. It was designed by David Bates Douglas and was modeled after Pere Lachaise in Paris and Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It became a fashionable burial place after the body of Governor DeWitt Clinton was transferred there from Abany and a bronze memorial for him designed by sculptor Henry Kirke Brown was raised.

The 478 acre cemetery's Gothic Revival entrance (1861) was designed by Richard M. Upjohn of Richard Upjohn and Sons and is a New York City landmark. Some 600,000 people are buried in Green-Wood, including Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, Henry Ward Beecher, Nathaniel Currier and James Ives, Peter Cooper, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Samuel F. B. Morse, William "Boss" Tweed, Horace Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, Frank Morgan, Lola Montez, Fred Ebb, Leonard Bernstein, and more than 3,000 Civil War veterans. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. (Sources: Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.), Guide to NYC Landmarks (4th ed.}, and AIA Guide to NYC (5th ed.)

This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 97000228 (Wikidata).

Green-Wood Cemetery

cemetery in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; National Historic Landmark

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Instance of

rural cemetery

Location

Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Street address

5th Avenue & 25th Street

Architect

David Bates Douglass (1838–1841)

Heritage designation

National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, C, NRHP district, Green--Wood Cemetery, 1997–)
National Historic Landmark (2006–)

Inception

1838

official website

Map

40° 39′ 08.68″ N, 73° 59′ 24.86″ W

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Q239043 VIAF cluster ID: 123335366 Library of Congress authority ID: n98088093 J9U entity ID: 987007578864505171 NRHP reference number: 97000228 OpenStreetMap relation ID: 10213172
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Subcategories

This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

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Quality images of Green-Wood Cemetery (200 F)

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Bodies of water in Green-Wood Cemetery (3 C)
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery (253 C, 77 F)

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Green-Wood Cemetery entrances (99 F)
Events and Visitors at Green-Wood Cemetery (20 F)

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Graves and tombs at Green-Wood Cemetery (5 C, 121 F)
Paintings of Green-Wood Cemetery (2 F)
Guide Greenwood as it is (1901) (34 F)

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Historical Views and Maps of Green-Wood Cemetery (13 F)

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Pilots' Monument (Brooklyn) (3 F)

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Statues in Green-Wood Cemetery (4 C, 27 F)
Stereo cards of Green-Wood Cemetery (322 F)

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Weber family burial plot (2 F)
Wildlife in Green-Wood Cemetery (1 C, 70 F)

Media in category "Green-Wood Cemetery"

The following 200 files are in this category, out of 202 total.

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Governor DeWitt Clinton statue at Green-Wood Cemetery (side) (61924).jpg 3,501 × 3,059; 7.86 MB
Grave of Henry Chadwick, Father of baseball, side view.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 26.59 MB
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Hedgehog gall wasp (53104).jpg 2,091 × 2,803; 5.44 MB
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Huron sachem (14025).jpg 2,704 × 2,004; 4.38 MB
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ISS014-E-17464 - View of New York City - Prospect Park Lake and Long Meadow - Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Green Wood Cemetery in winter - Flatbush Avenue (cropped).jpg 907 × 1,023; 378 KB
ISS043-E-241987 - View of New York City - Brooklyn - Green Wood Cemetery - Prospect Park and Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Brooklyn Bridge - East River (cropped).jpg 3,499 × 1,775; 2.81 MB
John Matthews Monument at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y..jpg 3,024 × 3,749; 4.4 MB
Joseph tombstone.jpg 783 × 581; 384 KB
Laura Keene gravestone at Green-Wood Cemetery (62088).jpg 4,248 × 2,939; 10.2 MB
Green Wood Cemetery (electronic resource) (IA ldpd 11290425 000).pdf 514 × 710, 5 pages; 4.65 MB
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Margined leatherwing beetle (50111).jpg 2,359 × 2,297; 4.98 MB
Mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery (62094h).jpg 3,648 × 2,565; 6.36 MB
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Mushroom in GWC (51113).jpg 3,122 × 2,541; 5.64 MB
Niblo's mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.91 MB
Northern dog-day cicada shell on a flower (53121).jpg 3,567 × 4,765; 15.1 MB
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Parrots (108347873).jpg 960 × 1,280; 611 KB
People leave sticks for the dog statue (82260).jpg 4,618 × 3,389; 17.07 MB
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Tar spot fungus (76170).jpg 3,120 × 3,456; 10.68 MB
The Golden Snitch (108346180).jpg 719 × 945; 536 KB
The Statue, from Brooklyn (108341502).jpg 960 × 1,280; 577 KB
The Willow Rosenberg Memorial Satanic Temple (108347872).jpg 1,280 × 960; 622 KB
Thick-legged hoverfly female (50064).jpg 2,066 × 1,424; 1.7 MB
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Tree in GWC (25039p).jpg 4,668 × 8,975; 34.52 MB
Tulip tree in GWC (03790).jpg 1,917 × 2,549; 2.93 MB
Valley Water in Green-Wood Cemetery, September 2025.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.03 MB
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View of Sylvan Water mausoleums at Green-Wood Cemetery.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.99 MB

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