Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Woodlawn Cemetery
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Established1895; 129 years ago (1895)
Location
4611 Benning Road SE,
Washington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
Typesecular and public; closed 1970
Owned byWoodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association
Size22.5 acres (91,000 m2)
No. of graves36,000
Websitewww.woodlawndc.org[dead link]
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is located in Washington, D.C.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is located in the District of Columbia
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) is located in the United States
Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Coordinates38°53′6″N 76°56′19″W / 38.88500°N 76.93861°W / 38.88500; -76.93861
NRHP reference No.96001499[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1996

Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre (91,000 m2) cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.