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Coordinates: 36°5020N 76°1828W / 36.83889°N 76.30778°W / 36.83889; -76.30778
 

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Cedar Grove Cemetery

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Virginia Landmarks Register

Cedar Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Cedar Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia) is located in the United States
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Location301 Fort Ln., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates36°50′20N 76°18′28W / 36.83889°N 76.30778°W / 36.83889; -76.30778
Area5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
ArchitectAnderson, William A.; Butt & Hodges
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Exotic Revival
NRHP reference No.92001366[1]
VLR No.124-0058
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1992
Designated VLRJune 19, 1991[2]

Cedar Grove Cemetery is a historic public cemetery located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1832. The cemetery contains more than 400 graves with monuments dating from the late 1700s to the present. Its memorial markers include small tablets, ledger stones, obelisks, columnar monuments and mausoleums. They include notable examples of Greek Revival, Late Victorian, and Exotic Revival funerary art.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

Notable burials and monuments[edit]

The entrance to the cemetery

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  • ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  • ^ Charles Mill and Jocelyn Terry-Adumuah (April 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  • ^ Nash, Charles Francis, Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty record.
  • ^ Selcer, Richard F. "Faithfully and Forever Your Soldier": Gen. George E. Pickett, CSA. Gettysburg, Pa.:Farnsworth House Military Impressions, 1995, p. 54.
  • External links[edit]

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