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In 1850, however, the cemetery became slightly smaller when Temple Beth El purchased one-half acre to establish what is now Michigan's oldest Jewish cemetery. [2] The State of Michigan designated it as a State Historic Site in 1975. [1] Burt family tombstone. Elmwood was the first fully racially-integrated cemetery in the Midwest.
Elmwood Cemetery, established in 1846, is 86 acres (350,000 m 2) in size [8] and contains over 51,000 graves. [9] It is located on Lafayette Street, just east of Mt. Elliott Avenue. It is the oldest continuously operating, non-denominational cemetery in Michigan. [8]
This list of cemeteries in Michigan includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Pages in category "Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Battle of Bloody Run was fought during Pontiac's War on July 31, 1763, on what now is the site of Elmwood Cemetery in the Eastside Historic Cemetery District of Detroit, Michigan. In an attempt to break Pontiac's siege of Fort Detroit, about 250 British troops attempted to make a surprise attack on Pontiac's encampment.
Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit), Michigan; NRHP-listed in the Eastside Historic Cemetery District Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri) , NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (North Brunswick) , New Jersey
Newberry died in Detroit on January 2, 1887, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery. His funeral was the occasion for many tributes, but the one offered by his old Romeo friend and university classmate was probably the best.
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .