Wyuka Cemetery

Wyuka Cemetery
Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is located in Nebraska
Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is located in the United States
Wyuka Cemetery
Location3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°W / 40.81694; -96.66500
Area124 acres (50 ha)
Built1869
ArchitectHawkins, J.H.W.; Lamoreaux, L.A.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.82003198[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1982

Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.