Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)

Forest Lawn Cemetery
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Established1849; 175 years ago (1849)
Location
1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°55′51″N 78°51′39″W / 42.93083°N 78.86083°W / 42.93083; -78.86083
TypePublic
Owned byForest Lawn Group
Size269 acres (1.1 km2)
No. of graves165,000
WebsiteForest Lawn.com
Find a GraveForest Lawn Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York) is located in New York
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York) is located in the United States
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)
Location1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209
ArchitectClarke, Charles E.; Earnshaw, Joseph
NRHP reference No.90000688[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1990

Forest Lawn Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Buffalo, New York, founded in 1849 by Charles E. Clarke. It covers over 269 acres (1.1 km2) and over 152,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore, First Lady Abigail Fillmore, singer Rick James, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, and inventors Lawrence Dale Bell and Willis Carrier. Forest Lawn is on the National Register of Historic Places.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.