Forest Home Cemetery

Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel
Landmark Chapel
Forest Home Cemetery is located in Wisconsin
Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery is located in the United States
Forest Home Cemetery
Location2405 Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°00′06″N 87°56′28″W / 43.0016020°N 87.9411670°W / 43.0016020; -87.9411670
Area198.5 acres (80.3 ha)
Built1850
ArchitectLapham, Increase A.; Multiple
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.80000166 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 03, 1980[2]

Forest Home Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and arboretum[3] located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and its Landmark Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and were declared a Milwaukee Landmark in 1973.

The cemetery is run by a non-profit organization held in public trust. Profits from each sale are reinvested to insure continual care of the buildings and land. Its Victorian landscape contains over 100 species of trees, along with many ornate statues, crypts and monuments.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ https://foresthomecemetery.com/about/