Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

Green Lawn Cemetery
Main (east) entrance of Green Lawn Cemetery
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EstablishedJuly 9, 1849
Location
1000 Greenlawn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°56′25″N 83°01′56″W / 39.940389°N 83.032324°W / 39.940389; -83.032324
TypePrivate nonprofit
Owned byGreen Lawn Cemetery Association
Size360 acres (150 ha)
No. of graves155,000 (as of 2017)
WebsiteGreen Lawn Cemetery
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Green Lawn Cemetery is an active historic private rural cemetery located in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. Organized in 1848 and opened in 1849, the cemetery was the city's premier burying ground in the 1800s and beyond. An American Civil War memorial was erected there in 1891, and chapel constructed in 1902. With 360 acres (150 ha), it is Ohio's second-largest cemetery.