Allegheny Cemetery
Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial sites in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA .
It is a non-denominational, wooded hillside park located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood and adjacent to the Bloomfield , Garfield, and Stanton Heights neighborhoods. It is located on the north slope over the Allegheny River .
history
Allegheny Cemetery opened in 1845 and is now the sixth oldest common cemetery in America . Its size has increased to 121.44 hectares over the years.
Its design is based on the landscape garden style of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge , Massachusetts , which is considered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the United States.
Allegheny Cemetery is home to more than 100,000 graves. Some of the oldest graves belong to soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War and were moved downtown from their original burial site at Pittsburgh's Trinity Cathedral. Many celebrities from the City of Pittsburgh are also buried in this cemetery.
Distinguished burials
- General John Neville (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War veteran
- Ebenezer Denny (1761-1822), First Mayor of Pittsburgh, American Revolutionary War veteran
- Walter Forward (1786–1852), United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Harmar Denny (1794-1852), US MP
- Thomas Williams (1806–1872), member of the Confederate States of America , state prosecutor on the indictment against President Andrew Johnson
- John Baptiste Ford (1811–1903), industrialist, founder of PPG Industries and Ford City, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), founder of Mellon Bank
- Jane Swisshelm (1815–1884), journalist , abolitionist and advocate of women's rights
- General Alexander Hays (1819-1869)
- Stephen Foster (1826–1864), songwriter
- Gen. James S. Negley (1826-1901), General of the Confederate States , and US Rep
- Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921)
- Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy industrialist and celebrity, known for his gruesome death from taking the radioactive prescription drug Radithor .
- Andrew Mellon (1855–1937), United States banker and Treasury Secretary, and a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Lillian Russell (1861–1922), singer, actress
- Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879–1912), aviation pioneer
- Gus Greenlee (1893-1952)
- Josh Gibson (1911–1947), great baseball player in the Negro Leagues
- Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000), jazz musician
- Louis Semple Clarke (1867–1957), vehicle pioneer, founder of the Autocar Company and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- James McCord (1822-1894), millionaire owner of the oldest hattery west of the Allegheny Mountains and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Harry Kendall Thaw , (Feb. 12, 1871 - Feb. 22, 1947), murderer of the architect Stanford White , husband of Evelyn Nesbit
- Benjamin Thaw (March 14, 1859 - August 9, 1933), Pittsburgh financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Calvin Wells (December 26, 1827 - August 2, 1909); Industrialist, financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- Henry Sellers McKee (March 5, 1843 - June 10, 1924); Millionaire, glass manufacturer, founder of Jeannette, Pennsylvania and a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- John Caldwell, Jr. (1827-1902) George Westinghouse partner and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- James Hay Reed (September 10, 1853 - June 17, 1927); Founding partner of Knox & Reed (now Reed Smith LLP ) and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
- the unidentified remains of the 54 victims of the " Allegheny Arsenal " explosion of 1862.
literature
- Walter C. Kidney: Allegheny Cemetery: A Romantic Landscape in Pittsburgh . Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Pittsburgh 1990, ISBN 0-916670-14-7 .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 28 ′ 19.2 ″ N , 79 ° 57 ′ 3.6 ″ W.