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The cemetery was designed by William Saunders in the Rural Cemetery Landscape Lawn style. [2] The location was chosen for its topography, including rolling hills, key to this style. The many eponymous oak trees cover a ridge bordering low-lying Spring Creek, a landscape unusual in central Illinois. The newest, southwest section opened after 1945.
It is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Constructed of granite, the tomb has a tall, story-and-a-half base in trapezoidal form, surmounted by an obelisk, with a semicircular receiving room entranceway on one end and a semicircular crypt or burial room opposite. On the exterior, four flights of balustraded stairs lead to a ...
Illinois portal; People buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Pages in category "Burials at Oak Ridge Cemetery" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ...
Farmington Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,241 and it contained 1,484 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,241 and it contained 1,484 housing units.
Cemetery in Marion Township, Illinois. Stillman's Run Battle Site, Stillman Valley; ... Oak Ridge Cemetery; Evergreen Cemetery or Pine Creek Christian Cemetery ...
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Oak Ridge receiving vault. Mary Lincoln however recalled that Lincoln once had said that he wanted a quiet place for his burial at Oak Ridge (said to her on May 24, 1860, when Lincoln, then running for president, and Mary attended the dedication of Oak Ridge, a rural quiet cemetery, two miles (3.2 km) from the heart of Springfield).
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sangamon County, Illinois. ... Oak Ridge Cemetery. August 4, 1995 1441 Monument Ave. ...