Allegheny Cemetery | |
 Allegheny Cemetery in 2008 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by N. Mathilda and Butler Sts., and Penn, Stanton, and Mossfield Aves., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′21″N 79°57′00″W / 40.4725°N 79.9500°W |
| Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Chislett, John; Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Tudor Revival, English Gothic |
| Part of | Lawrenceville Historic District[2] (ID100004020) |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003405 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
| Designated CP | July 8, 2019 |
| Designated PHLF | 1988[3] |
Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a historic rural cemetery.[4]
The non-sectarian, wooded hillside park is located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, and bounded by the Bloomfield, Garfield, and Stanton Heights areas. It is sited on the north-facing slope of hills above the Allegheny River.[5]
In 1973 the cemetery's Butler Street Gatehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and, in 1980, the entire cemetery was listed on the National Register.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lawrenceville Historic District" (PDF). City of Pittsburgh. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Kidney, Walter C. (1990). Allegheny Cemetery: A Romantic Landscape in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. ISBN 0-916670-14-7.
- ^ Van Trump, James D. (1973). "Butler Street Gateway – Allegheny Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 11, 2014.[permanent dead link]