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June 23, 2011. Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, [1] it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, [2] in what was then Yonkers, in an area that was annexed to ...
Norwood, also known as Bainbridge, is a residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City, U.S. It is bound by Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery to the north, the Bronx River to the east, and Mosholu Parkway to the southwest. The area is dominated topographically by what was once Valentine's Hill, the highest point being ...
The Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite is the final resting place of David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870), the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and four-star admiral of the United States Navy. He was most well known for his order to " Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The granite and marble monument resembling a mast marks not only ...
04001117 [1] Added to NRHP. October 6, 2004. Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery within Woodlawn Cemetery, which is in the city of Elmira, in Chemung County, New York. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 10.5 acres (4.2 ha), and as of 2021, had over 11,000 interred remains.
P. Augustus G. Paine Jr. Felix Pappalardi. Dorothy Parker (ashes reburied at Woodlawn in 2020) [6] James Cash Penney. Antoinette Perry, actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. Alex Pompez, African-American baseball executive.
Woodlawn Heights, also known as Woodlawn, is a predominantly Irish-American working class neighborhood at the very north end of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. [4] It is bounded by McLean Avenue to the north (slightly north of New York City's border with the city of Yonkers in Westchester County ), the Bronx River to the east ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the 81 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bronx County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [1]
November 21, 2006. Woodlawn cemetery, consisting of 40 acres (16 ha), is a cemetery located in Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. [1] It is owned by the City of Las Vegas and is a stop on the city's "Pioneer Trail". [2] It houses the Veterans Circle that commemorates the service and ...