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{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Scott County, Iowa}}
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|country = [[United States]]
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|location = 2501 Eastern Ave.<br>[[Davenport, Iowa]]
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| architect = George F. de la Roche<br>A. N. Carpenter<br>Clausen & Kruse<br>Israel Hall<br>[[Edward Hammatt]]<br>W. H. Kimball<br>Robert H. Nott<br>[[John W. Ross (Iowa architect)|John W. Ross]]<br>Seth J. Temple<br>Nathaniel Tunnicliff<br>Philip Tunnicliff<br>Raymond C. Whitaker
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'''Oakdale Memorial Gardens''', formerly '''Oakdale Cemetery''', is located in east-central [[Davenport, Iowa]], [[United States]]. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animals Petland. In 2015, the cemetery was listed as an [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and as a local landmark on the [[Davenport Register of Historic Properties]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davenport.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=2776&ItemID=2036 |title=November 24, 2015 City Council Meeting Minutes |publisher=City of [[Davenport, Iowa]] |accessdate=2016-02-05}}</ref> It is also listed on the Network to Freedom, a [[National Park Service]] registry for sites associated with the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakdalememorialgardens.org/freedom-trail.html |title=Freedom Trail - Oakdale Memorial Gardens |publisher=Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Inc. |accessdate=2016-02-17}}</ref>
'''Oakdale Memorial Gardens''', formerly '''Oakdale Cemetery''', is located in east-central [[Davenport, Iowa]]. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animals Petland. In 2015, the cemetery was listed as an [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and as a local landmark on the [[Davenport Register of Historic Properties]].<ref name=DRHP>{{cite web|author=Historic Preservation Commission|title=Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Local Landmarks|publisher=City of Davenport |url=https://www.davenportiowa.com/government/boards_commissions|access-date=2023-03-21}} (Click on "Historic Preservation Commission" and then click on "Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Local Landmarks.")</ref> It is also listed on the Network to Freedom, a [[National Park Service]] registry for sites associated with the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakdalememorialgardens.org/freedom-trail.html |title=Freedom Trail |publisher=Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Inc. |access-date=2016-02-17}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Oakdale Community Mausoleum.jpg|thumb|left|Community mausoleum]]
Oakdale was established as a non-profit cemetery by a group of Davenport businessmen as an alternative to the overcrowded Davenport City Cemetery and the for-profit [[Pine Hill Cemetery (Davenport, Iowa)|Pine Hill Cemetery]],<ref name=Burrows>{{cite book|last1=Burrows|first1=John McDowell|title=Fifty Years In Iowa|date=1888|publisher=Glass & Company, Printers and Binders|location=Davenport, Iowa|pages=152–154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4WlVJZC-toC&dq=john%20mcdowell%20burrows&pg=PA154#v=onepage&q=oakdale&f=false|accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref> and was incorporated as the Oakdale Cemetery Company May 14, 1856. The cemetery board hired Captain George F. de la Roche,<ref name="Burrows" /><ref name=qcmemory>{{cite web
|url=http://www.davenportlibrary.com/genealogy-and-history/local-history-info/history-faq/cemeteries/|title=Davenport Cemeteries|publisher=[[Davenport Public Library]]|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> who had finished the design of [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] five years earlier, to complete the design and platting of the cemetery. It was designed as a rural or garden cemetery, but it transitioned to a landscape-lawn cemetery beginning in the late 19th century.<ref name=Schorpp>{{cite news|author=Doug Schorpp|title=Oakdale volunteer tries to get cemetery on registry list|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-05-24|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/oakdale-volunteer-tries-to-get-cemetery-on-registry-list/article_621b0132-3591-5608-8469-223d416e676d.html|accessdate=2014-05-24}}</ref> It covers more than {{convert|78|acre|ha}}.<ref name=oakdale>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakdalememorialgardens.org|title=Oakdale Memorial Gardens|publisher=Oakdale Memorial Gardens|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> The first numbered burial at Oakdale was that of three-month-old Mary Larned Allen on September 15, 1857, though several earlier burials were recorded at a later date, some from as early as October, 1855.<ref name= "NRHPnom">{{cite web|title=Oakdale Cemetery Historic District nomination form|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000194.pdf|website=National Park Service|publisher=National Register of Historic Places Program|accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref> Some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former [[Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home]], and it contains the graves of the orphans that died at the home. There are also at least 11 graves of former slaves who escaped to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad, which led to its inclusion on the Network to Freedom.<ref name=Gaul>{{cite news|author=Alma Gaul|title=Beyond the grave: Honoring our Quad-City cemetery history|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2015-06-14|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/beyond-the-grave-honoring-our-quad-city-cemetery-history/article_74486b08-dac9-5860-893c-a19804ff1667.html|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref>
Oakdale was established as a non-profit cemetery by a group of Davenport businessmen as an alternative to the overcrowded Davenport City Cemetery and the for-profit [[Pine Hill Cemetery (Davenport, Iowa)|Pine Hill Cemetery]].<ref name=Burrows>{{cite book|last1=Burrows|first1=John McDowell|title=Fifty Years In Iowa|date=1888|publisher=Glass & Company, Printers and Binders|location=Davenport, Iowa|pages=152–154|isbn=9780598280688|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4WlVJZC-toC&q=oakdale&pg=PA154|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> It was incorporated as the Oakdale Cemetery Company May 14, 1856. The cemetery board hired Captain George F. de la Roche, who had finished the design of [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] five years earlier, to complete the design and platting of the cemetery.<ref name=Burrows/><ref name=qcmemory>{{cite web|url=http://www.davenportlibrary.com/genealogy-and-history/local-history-info/history-faq/cemeteries/|title=Davenport Cemeteries|publisher=[[Davenport Public Library]]|access-date=2011-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104193320/http://www.davenportlibrary.com/genealogy-and-history/local-history-info/history-faq/cemeteries/|archive-date=2014-11-04}}</ref> It was designed as a rural or garden cemetery, but it transitioned to a landscape-lawn cemetery beginning in the late 19th century.<ref name=Schorpp>{{cite news|author=Doug Schorpp|title=Oakdale volunteer tries to get cemetery on registry list|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-05-24|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/oakdale-volunteer-tries-to-get-cemetery-on-registry-list/article_621b0132-3591-5608-8469-223d416e676d.html|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref> It covers more than {{convert|78|acre|ha}}.<ref name=oakdale>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakdalememorialgardens.org|title=Oakdale Memorial Gardens|publisher=Oakdale Memorial Gardens|access-date=2011-04-01}}</ref> The first numbered burial at Oakdale was that of three-month-old Mary Larned Allen on September 15, 1857, though several earlier burials were recorded at a later date, some from as early as October, 1855.<ref name= "NRHPnom">{{cite web|title=Oakdale Cemetery Historic District nomination form|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000194.pdf|website=National Park Service|publisher=National Register of Historic Places Program|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> Some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former [[Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home]], and it contains the graves of the orphans that died at the home. There are also at least 11 graves of former slaves who escaped to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad, which led to its inclusion on the Network to Freedom.<ref name=Gaul>{{cite news|author=Alma Gaul|title=Beyond the grave: Honoring our Quad-City cemetery history|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2015-06-14|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/beyond-the-grave-honoring-our-quad-city-cemetery-history/article_74486b08-dac9-5860-893c-a19804ff1667.html|access-date=2015-06-16}}</ref>


Two special receiving vaults were built in the cemetery, although neither exists anymore. A brick vault was constructed in 1873 for those who died in the winter when the ground was frozen. A wooden vault was built next to it in 1918 because of the large number of deaths as a result of the [[Spanish flu]] epidemic.<ref name= "NRHPnom" />
Two special receiving vaults were built in the cemetery, although neither exists anymore. A brick vault was constructed in 1873 for those who died in the winter when the ground was frozen. A wooden vault was built next to it in 1918 because of the large number of deaths as a result of the [[Spanish flu]] epidemic.<ref name= "NRHPnom" />


==Architecture==
==Architecture==
The cemetery entrance is marked by a set of monumental gates, designed in the [[Art Nouveau]] style by architect [[Edward Hammatt]] in 1895. Construction of the gates was completed in 1896.<ref name="Schorpp 2">{{cite news|author=Doug Schorpp|title=Entrance gates at Oakdale back in full swing|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-06-02|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/entrance-gates-at-oakdale-back-in-full-swing/article_4a676bb9-9189-5f3e-9ed8-ff97ca92d3b6.html.html|accessdate=2014-07-25}}</ref>
The cemetery entrance is marked by a set of monumental gates, designed in the [[Art Nouveau]] style by Davenport architect [[Edward Hammatt]] in 1895. Construction of the gates was completed in 1896.<ref name="Schorpp 2">{{cite news|author=Doug Schorpp|title=Entrance gates at Oakdale back in full swing|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-06-02|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/entrance-gates-at-oakdale-back-in-full-swing/article_4a676bb9-9189-5f3e-9ed8-ff97ca92d3b6.html.html|access-date=2014-07-25}}</ref>


The cemetery is also home to several private mausoleums. William D. Petersen was the son of J.H.C. Petersen who founded a department store in Davenport that has become [[Von Maur]]. He also was responsible for the development of the city's riverfront and built the [[LeClaire Park Bandshell]] there. His mausoleum was designed in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] style by Davenport architects Rudolph Clausen & Walter Kruse. It was inspired by his wife Sara's desire for a tomb similar to the ones she saw in Europe. It was constructed by Presbrey Leland of [[Valhalla, New York]] in 1921 for $60,000.<ref name=Oliver>{{cite news|author=Dustin Oliver|title=Noted Oakdale Architecture|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-05-24|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/oakdale-volunteer-tries-to-get-cemetery-on-registry-list/article_621b0132-3591-5608-8469-223d416e676d.html|accessdate=2014-05-24}}</ref> The exterior is composed of [[limestone]] from [[Greece]]. The interior features crypts that were carved from Greek [[marble]] and a ceramic tile ceiling that was designed and completed by the [[Guastavino tile|Guastavino Tile Company]] of [[Woburn, Massachusetts]].
The cemetery is also home to several private mausoleums. William D. Petersen was the son of J.H.C. Petersen who founded a department store in Davenport that has become [[Von Maur]]. He also was responsible for the development of the city's riverfront and built the [[LeClaire Park Bandshell]] there. His mausoleum was designed in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] style by Davenport architects Rudolph Clausen & Walter Kruse. It was inspired by his wife Sara's desire for a tomb similar to the ones she saw in Europe. It was constructed by Presbrey Leland of [[Valhalla, New York]] in 1921 for $60,000.<ref name=Oliver>{{cite news|author=Dustin Oliver|title=Noted Oakdale Architecture|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|location=[[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]|date=2014-05-24|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/oakdale-volunteer-tries-to-get-cemetery-on-registry-list/article_621b0132-3591-5608-8469-223d416e676d.html|access-date=2014-05-24}}</ref> The exterior is composed of [[limestone]] from [[Greece]]. The interior features crypts that were carved from Greek [[marble]] and a ceramic tile ceiling that was designed and completed by the [[Guastavino tile|Guastavino Tile Company]] of [[Woburn, Massachusetts]].


[[Joseph W. Bettendorf]] was an industrialist for whom the city of [[Bettendorf, Iowa]] is named. His mausoleum was built in 1923 in the [[Egyptian Revival architecture|Egyptian Revival]] style for $150,000.<ref name=Oliver/> Its exterior is composed of [[Barre Granite]] from [[Vermont]]. The interior features crypts carved from white marble and Egyptian-inspired [[stained glass windows]].
[[Joseph W. Bettendorf]] was an industrialist for whom the city of [[Bettendorf, Iowa]] is named. His mausoleum was built in 1923 in the [[Egyptian Revival architecture|Egyptian Revival]] style for $150,000.<ref name=Oliver/> Its exterior is composed of [[Barre Granite]] from [[Vermont]]. The interior features crypts carved from white marble and Egyptian-inspired [[stained glass windows]].


The mausoleum built for Johannna Schricker, widow of Davenport lumber magnate Lorenzo Schricker, was designed in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style by Davenport architect [[John W. Ross (Iowa architect)|John W. Ross]]. It was built by the [[Vermont Marble Museum#Vermont Marble Company|Vermont Marble Company]] in 1899 at a cost of $6,489. The inspiration for the structure was the North Portico of the [[White House]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name=Oliver/> Its exterior is composed of Sutherland Falls white marble and features a bronze roof supplied by the Winslow Brothers of [[Chicago]].
The mausoleum built for Johanna Schricker, widow of Davenport lumber magnate Lorenzo Schricker, was designed in the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style by Davenport architect [[John W. Ross (Iowa architect)|John W. Ross]]. It was built by the [[Vermont Marble Museum#Vermont Marble Company|Vermont Marble Company]] in 1899 at a cost of $6,489. The inspiration for the structure was the North Portico of the [[White House]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name=Oliver/> Its exterior is composed of Sutherland Falls white marble and features a bronze roof supplied by the Winslow Brothers of [[Chicago]].


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Oakdale Cemetery entrance gates closeup.jpg|Entry gates
Oakdale Cemetery W. D.Petersen mausoleum.jpg|W.D. Petersen mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery W. D.Petersen mausoleum.jpg|W.D. Petersen mausoleum
W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail 1.jpg|W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail
W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail 2.jpg|W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail
W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail 3.jpg|W.D. Petersen mauolsuem interior detail
Bettendorf mausoleum.jpg|Bettendorf mausoleum
Bettendorf mausoleum.jpg|Bettendorf mausoleum
Bettendorf_mausoleum_stained_glass.jpg|Bettendorf mausoleum stained glass
Oakdale Cemetery J. Schricker Mausoleum.jpg|J. Schricker mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery J. Schricker Mausoleum.jpg|J. Schricker mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery Brandt mausoleum.jpg|Brandt mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery Brandt mausoleum.jpg|Brandt mausoleum
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Oakdale Cemetery Koehler Mausoleum.jpg|Koehler mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery Koehler Mausoleum.jpg|Koehler mausoleum
Oakdale Cemetery Koester mausoleum.jpg|Koester mausoleum
Nott mausoleum.jpg|Nott mausoleum
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HF Petersen mausoleum.jpg|H.F. Petersen mausoleum
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Wilson mausoleum.jpg|Wilson mausoleum
Oakdale Community Mausoleum.jpg|Community mausoleum
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Soldiers' Lot==
==Soldiers' Lot==
[[File:Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers Lot.jpg|thumb|right|Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot]]
[[File:Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers Lot.jpg|thumb|right|Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot]]
There is a Soldiers' Lot near the center of the cemetery, which is administered by the [[U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]].<ref name= Soldiers>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/ia/scott/oakdale/soldiers.htm|title=Soldiers Lot|publisher=Interment|accessdate=2011-04-01}}</ref> At one time 174 soldiers were buried at Oakdale, including the first Iowans to die in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] at the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]].<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Iowa/Oakdale_Cemetery_Soldiers_Lot.html|title=Oakdale Soldiers' Lot Davenport, Iowa|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref> Most of the bodies were transferred in 1888 to [[Rock Island National Cemetery]] or [[Keokuk National Cemetery]]. The remaining 14 soldiers' graves were moved to the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] (GAR) plot in 1900. The plot was transferred from the GAR to the cemetery association in 1940 and the United States government took possession of it the following year. Today it contains the remains of 71 soldiers from the Civil War and [[Spanish American War]].<ref name=nps/>
There is a Soldiers' Lot near the center of the cemetery,<ref>{{GNIS|type=retired|2792638|Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot}} &nbsp;{{Coords|41|32|45|N|90|32|47|W}}</ref> which is administered by the [[U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]].<ref name= Soldiers>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/ia/scott/oakdale/soldiers.htm|title=Soldiers Lot|publisher=Interment|access-date=2011-04-01}}</ref> At one time 174 soldiers were buried at Oakdale, including the first Iowans to die in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] at the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]].<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Iowa/Oakdale_Cemetery_Soldiers_Lot.html|title=Oakdale Soldiers' Lot Davenport, Iowa|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2012-04-10}}</ref> Most of the bodies were transferred in 1888 to [[Rock Island National Cemetery]] or [[Keokuk National Cemetery]]. The remaining 14 soldiers' graves were moved to the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] (GAR) plot in 1900. The plot was transferred from the GAR to the cemetery association in 1940 and the United States government took possession of it the following year. Today it contains the remains of 71 soldiers from the Civil War and [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=nps/>


==Notable burials==
==Notable burials==
*[[Alfred T. Andreas]] (1839-1900), book publisher and historian
* [[Alfred T. Andreas]] (1839–1900), book publisher and historian
*[[Bix Beiderbecke]] (1903–1931) jazz musician
* [[Bix Beiderbecke]] (1903–1931) jazz musician
*[[Joseph W. Bettendorf]] (1864–1933), co-founder of the Bettendorf Axel Company with his brother; [[Bettendorf, Iowa]] is named after him
* [[Joseph W. Bettendorf]] (1864–1933), co-founder of the Bettendorf Axel Company with his brother; [[Bettendorf, Iowa]] is named after him
*[[William P. Bettendorf]] (1857–1910), inventor and co-founder of the Bettendorf Axel Company with his brother; Bettendorf, Iowa is named after him
* [[William P. Bettendorf]] (1857–1910), inventor and co-founder of the Bettendorf Axel Company with his brother; Bettendorf, Iowa is named after him
*[[Henry Peter Bosse]] (1844-1903), photographer, cartographer and civil engineer
* [[Henry Peter Bosse]] (1844–1903), photographer, cartographer and civil engineer
*[[Alice Braunlich]] (1888-1989), professor and [[classical philology|classical philologist]]
* [[Alice Braunlich]] (1888–1989), professor and [[classical philology|classical philologist]]
* [[Frederick G. Clausen]] (1848–1940), architect; founder of oldest architectural firm in continuous existence in the state of [[Iowa]]
*[[Parke Tunis Burrows]] (1871-1953), architect; designer of The [[Outing Club]], [[Pierce School No. 13]] and [[St. John's United Methodist Church (Davenport, Iowa)|St. John's United Methodist Church]]
*[[Willett L. Carroll]] (1827-1892), architect; designer of [[Henry H. Smith/J.H. Murphy House]]
* [[Rudolph J. Clausen]] (1878–1961), architect; son and partner of Frederick G. Clausen
* [[John Parsons Cook]] (1817–1872), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1853–1855
*[[Frederick G. Clausen]] (1848-1940), architect; founder of oldest architectural firm in continuous existence in the state of [[Iowa]]
* [[Eloise Blaine Cram]] (1896–1957), [[zoologist]] and [[parasitologist]]
*[[Rudolph J. Clausen]] (1878-1961), architect; son and partner of Frederick G. Clausen
* [[George Henry Cram]] (1838–1872), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
*[[Clarissa C. Cook]] (1811-1879), philanthropist; leading donor for construction of [[Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless]] and the former [[Clarissa C. Cook Library/Blue Ribbon News Building]]; wife of Ebenezer Cook
* [[Ralph W. Cram]] (1869–1952), newspaper editor and aviator
*[[Ebenezer Cook (lawyer)|Ebenezer Cook]] (1810-1871), banker, railroad president, philanthropist; husband of Clarissa C. Cook
* [[Crossett, Arkansas|Edward Savage Crossett]] (1828–1910), lumber baron
*[[John Parsons Cook]] (1817–1872), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1853–1855
* [[John Forrest Dillon]] (1831–1914), Jurist who authored a judicial treatise that is now referred to as "Dillon's Law."
*[[Eloise Blaine Cram]] (1896-1957), [[zoologist]] and [[parasitologist]]
* [[Fejervary Park|Nicholas Fejérváry]] (1811–1895) Hungarian nobleman
*[[George Henry Cram]] (1838–1872), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
* [[Alice French]] (1850–1934), author who wrote under the pseudonym Octave Thanet
*[[Ralph W. Cram]] (1869-1952), newspaper editor and aviator
* [[James Grant (Iowa politician)|James Grant]] (1812–1891), first president of the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]], Speaker of the [[Iowa House of Representatives]]
*[[Edward Savage Crossett]] (1828-1910), lumber baron; the city of [[Crossett, Arkansas]] is named after him
* [[Edward Hammatt]] (1856–1907), architect
*[[John Forrest Dillon]] (1831–1914), Jurist who authored a judicial treatise that is now referred to as "Dillon's Law."
* [[Rebecca J. Keck]] (1838–1904), physician and patent medicine entrepreneur
*[[Jacob M. Eldridge]] (1824-1902), [[Scott County, Iowa]] pioneer settler; founder and namesake of [[Eldridge, Iowa]]
* [[Joseph R. Lane]] (1858–1931), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1899–1901
*[[Nicholas Fejérváry]] (1811-1895) Hungarian count, original owner of land that is now [[Fejervary Park]]
* [[Joseph Bloomfield Leake]] (1828–1918), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
*[[Alice French]] (1850–1934), author who wrote under the pseudonym Octave Thanet
*[[James Grant (Iowa politician)|James Grant]] (1812-1891), first president of the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]], Speaker of the [[Iowa House of Representatives]]
* [[Henry W. Lee (bishop)|Henry Washington Lee]] (1815–1874), first bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Iowa]] 1854–1874
* [[John Fremont McCullough]] (1871–1963), co-founded [[Dairy Queen]]
*[[Edward Hammatt]] (1856-1907), architect; designer of several notable buildings constructed for the [[Episcopal Diocese of Iowa]]
* [[Paul Norton (artist)|Paul Norton]] (1909–1984), watercolor artist
*[[Gustave A. Hanssen]] (1869-1944), architect; designer of [[John C. Schricker House]] and [[E.A. Shaw House]]
* [[Ernest Oberholtzer|Ernest Carl Oberholtzer]] (1884–1977), explorer, author and conservationist
*[[Rebecca J. Keck]] (1838-1904), physician and patent medicine entrepreneur
* Dr. [[Charles Christopher Parry]] (1823–1890), botanist and mountaineer
*[[Joseph R. Lane]] (1858–1931), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1899–1901
* [[Hiram Price]] (1814–1901), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1863–1869, 1877–1881; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1881–1885
*[[Joseph Bloomfield Leake]] (1828–1918), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
* [[John W. Ross (Iowa architect)|John W. Ross]] (1830–1914), architect
*[[Henry W. Lee (bishop)|Henry Washington Lee]] (1815–1874), first bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Iowa]] 1854-1874
* [[Addison Hiatt Sanders]] (1823–1912), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
*[[John Fremont McCullough]] (1871–1963), co-founded [[Dairy Queen]]
* [[Phebe Sudlow]] (1831–1922), first female public school superintendent in the United States; first female professor at the University of Iowa
*[[Paul Norton]] (1909–1984), watercolor artist
* [[James Thorington]] (1816–1887), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1855–1857; Consul at [[Colón, Panama|Aspinwall]], [[Colombia]], 1873–1882
*[[Ernest Oberholtzer|Ernest Carl Oberholtzer]] (1884-1977), explorer, author and conservationist
* [[John Vale]] (1835–1909), [[American Civil War]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
*Dr. [[Charles Christopher Parry]] (1823-1890), botanist and mountaineer
* [[Von Maur|Charles J. von Maur]] (1863–1926), department store chain co-founder
*[[Hiram Price]] (1814–1901), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1863–1869, 1877–1881; United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1881–1885
*[[John W. Ross (Iowa architect)|John W. Ross]] (1830-1914), architect; designer of [[Davenport City Hall]]
*[[Addison Hiatt Sanders]] (1823–1912), [[American Civil War]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet Brigadier General]]
*[[John C. Schricker]] (1863-1952), stone and marble contractor; original owner of [[John C. Schricker House]] and [[John Schricker House]]
*[[Phebe Sudlow]] (1831–1922), first female public school superintendent in the United States; first female professor at the University of Iowa
*[[Seth J. Temple]] (1867-1949), architect; designer of [[United States Courthouse (Davenport, Iowa)]] and Oakdale's Community Mausoleum
*[[James Thorington]] (1816–1887), [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1855–1857; Consul at [[Colón, Panama|Aspinwall]], [[Colombia]], 1873–1882
*[[John Vale]] (1835–1909), [[American Civil War]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
*[[Charles J. von Maur]] (1863–1926), co-founder of the [[Von Maur]] department store chain
*John Whitaker (1844-1931), architect; designer of [[Isaac Glaspell House]]
*[[Raymond C. Whitaker]] (1891-1972), architect, designer of Oakdale Cemetery Company Office


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Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Entrance Gates
Map
Details
Established1856
Location
2501 Eastern Ave.
Davenport, Iowa
CountryUnited States
TypeIndependent
Owned byOakdale Memorial Gardens
Size78 acres (32 ha)
No. of gravesover 24,000
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Find a GraveOakdale Memorial Gardens
The Political GraveyardOakdale Memorial Gardens
Oakdale Cemetery Historic District
Oakdale Memorial Gardens is located in Iowa
Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Oakdale Memorial Gardens is located in the United States
Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Coordinates41°32′48″N 90°32′57″W / 41.54667°N 90.54917°W / 41.54667; -90.54917
ArchitectGeorge F. de la Roche
A. N. Carpenter
Clausen & Kruse
Israel Hall
Edward Hammatt
W. H. Kimball
Robert H. Nott
John W. Ross
Seth J. Temple
Nathaniel Tunnicliff
Philip Tunnicliff
Raymond C. Whitaker
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
Egyptian Revival
Gothic Revival
Modern
Neoclassical
Romanesque Revival
Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.15000194[1]
DRHP No.56[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 5, 2015
Designated DRHPNovember 25, 2015

Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery, is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animals Petland. In 2015, the cemetery was listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, and as a local landmark on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties.[2] It is also listed on the Network to Freedom, a National Park Service registry for sites associated with the Underground Railroad.[3]

History[edit]

Community mausoleum

Oakdale was established as a non-profit cemetery by a group of Davenport businessmen as an alternative to the overcrowded Davenport City Cemetery and the for-profit Pine Hill Cemetery.[4] It was incorporated as the Oakdale Cemetery Company May 14, 1856. The cemetery board hired Captain George F. de la Roche, who had finished the design of Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. five years earlier, to complete the design and platting of the cemetery.[4][5] It was designed as a rural or garden cemetery, but it transitioned to a landscape-lawn cemetery beginning in the late 19th century.[6] It covers more than 78 acres (32 ha).[7] The first numbered burial at Oakdale was that of three-month-old Mary Larned Allen on September 15, 1857, though several earlier burials were recorded at a later date, some from as early as October, 1855.[8] Some of the graves in the cemetery had been transferred from the overcrowded City Cemetery in the west end. The cemetery is located across Eastern Avenue from the former Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, and it contains the graves of the orphans that died at the home. There are also at least 11 graves of former slaves who escaped to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad, which led to its inclusion on the Network to Freedom.[9]

Two special receiving vaults were built in the cemetery, although neither exists anymore. A brick vault was constructed in 1873 for those who died in the winter when the ground was frozen. A wooden vault was built next to it in 1918 because of the large number of deaths as a result of the Spanish flu epidemic.[8]

Architecture[edit]

The cemetery entrance is marked by a set of monumental gates, designed in the Art Nouveau style by Davenport architect Edward Hammatt in 1895. Construction of the gates was completed in 1896.[10]

The cemetery is also home to several private mausoleums. William D. Petersen was the son of J.H.C. Petersen who founded a department store in Davenport that has become Von Maur. He also was responsible for the development of the city's riverfront and built the LeClaire Park Bandshell there. His mausoleum was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Davenport architects Rudolph Clausen & Walter Kruse. It was inspired by his wife Sara's desire for a tomb similar to the ones she saw in Europe. It was constructed by Presbrey Leland of Valhalla, New York in 1921 for $60,000.[11] The exterior is composed of limestone from Greece. The interior features crypts that were carved from Greek marble and a ceramic tile ceiling that was designed and completed by the Guastavino Tile Company of Woburn, Massachusetts.

Joseph W. Bettendorf was an industrialist for whom the city of Bettendorf, Iowa is named. His mausoleum was built in 1923 in the Egyptian Revival style for $150,000.[11] Its exterior is composed of Barre Granite from Vermont. The interior features crypts carved from white marble and Egyptian-inspired stained glass windows.

The mausoleum built for Johanna Schricker, widow of Davenport lumber magnate Lorenzo Schricker, was designed in the Neoclassical style by Davenport architect John W. Ross. It was built by the Vermont Marble Company in 1899 at a cost of $6,489. The inspiration for the structure was the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C.[11] Its exterior is composed of Sutherland Falls white marble and features a bronze roof supplied by the Winslow Brothers of Chicago.

  • W.D. Petersen mausoleum
    W.D. Petersen mausoleum
  • Bettendorf mausoleum
    Bettendorf mausoleum
  • J. Schricker mausoleum
    J. Schricker mausoleum
  • Brandt mausoleum
    Brandt mausoleum
  • Gardiner mausoleum
    Gardiner mausoleum
  • Hartwig vault
    Hartwig vault
  • Hill mausoleum
    Hill mausoleum
  • Koehler mausoleum
    Koehler mausoleum
  • Nott mausoleum
    Nott mausoleum
  • H.F. Petersen mausoleum
    H.F. Petersen mausoleum
  • Ruch mausoleum
    Ruch mausoleum
  • Schlapp columbarium
    Schlapp columbarium
  • Sieg mausoleum
    Sieg mausoleum
  • Wilson mausoleum
    Wilson mausoleum

Soldiers' Lot[edit]

Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

There is a Soldiers' Lot near the center of the cemetery,[12] which is administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.[13] At one time 174 soldiers were buried at Oakdale, including the first Iowans to die in the Civil War at the Battle of Fort Donelson.[14] Most of the bodies were transferred in 1888 to Rock Island National Cemetery or Keokuk National Cemetery. The remaining 14 soldiers' graves were moved to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) plot in 1900. The plot was transferred from the GAR to the cemetery association in 1940 and the United States government took possession of it the following year. Today it contains the remains of 71 soldiers from the Civil War and Spanish–American War.[14]

Notable burials[edit]

  • Alfred T. Andreas
    Alfred T. Andreas
  • Bix Beiderbecke
    Bix Beiderbecke
  • Joseph W. Bettendorf
    Joseph W. Bettendorf
  • William P. Bettendorf
    William P. Bettendorf
  • Henry Peter Bosse
    Henry Peter Bosse
  • Parke T. Burrows
    Parke T. Burrows
  • Clarissa and Ebenezer Cook
    Clarissa and Ebenezer Cook
  • Edward Savage Crossett
    Edward Savage Crossett
  • Edward Hammatt
    Edward Hammatt
  • Bishop Henry Washington Lee
    Bishop Henry Washington Lee
  • Charles Christopher Parry
    Charles Christopher Parry
  • Hiram Price
    Hiram Price
  • Phebe Sudlow
    Phebe Sudlow
  • John Vale
    John Vale
  • Von Maur family
    Von Maur family

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Historic Preservation Commission. "Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Local Landmarks". City of Davenport. Retrieved March 21, 2023. (Click on "Historic Preservation Commission" and then click on "Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Local Landmarks.")
  3. ^ "Freedom Trail". Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Inc. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Burrows, John McDowell (1888). Fifty Years In Iowa. Davenport, Iowa: Glass & Company, Printers and Binders. pp. 152–154. ISBN 9780598280688. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "Davenport Cemeteries". Davenport Public Library. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Doug Schorpp (May 24, 2014). "Oakdale volunteer tries to get cemetery on registry list". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  7. ^ "Oakdale Memorial Gardens". Oakdale Memorial Gardens. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Oakdale Cemetery Historic District nomination form" (PDF). National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Program. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  9. ^ Alma Gaul (June 14, 2015). "Beyond the grave: Honoring our Quad-City cemetery history". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  10. ^ Doug Schorpp (June 2, 2014). "Entrance gates at Oakdale back in full swing". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  11. ^ a b c Dustin Oliver (May 24, 2014). "Noted Oakdale Architecture". Quad-City Times. Davenport. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  12. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot  41°32′45″N 90°32′47″W / 41.54583°N 90.54639°W / 41.54583; -90.54639
  13. ^ "Soldiers Lot". Interment. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Oakdale Soldiers' Lot Davenport, Iowa". National Park Service. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

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