Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Glenwood Cemetery
Entrance to Glenwood Cemetery
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Details
Established1854
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°55′22″N 77°00′22″W / 38.9229°N 77.0060°W / 38.9229; -77.0060
Typeprivate, secular
Owned byThe Glenwood Cemetery, Inc.
Size90 acres (360,000 m2)
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveGlenwood Cemetery
The Political GraveyardGlenwood Cemetery
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Glenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 2219 Lincoln Road NE in Washington, D.C. It is a private, secular cemetery owned and operated by The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. Many famous people are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, and the cemetery is noted for its numerous elaborate Victorian and Art Nouveau funerary monuments.[1] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017; its mortuary chapel was separately listed in 1989.

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