Green Lawn Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | July 9, 1849 |
Location | 1000 Greenlawn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°56′25″N 83°01′56″W / 39.940389°N 83.032324°W |
Type | Private nonprofit |
Owned by | Green Lawn Cemetery Association |
Size | 360 acres (150 ha) |
No. of graves | 155,000 (as of 2017) |
Website | Green Lawn Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Green Lawn Cemetery |
The Political Graveyard | Green Lawn Cemetery |
Green Lawn Cemetery is an active historic private rural cemetery located in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. Organized in 1848 and opened in 1849, the cemetery was the city's premier burying ground in the 1800s and beyond. An American Civil War memorial was erected there in 1891, and chapel constructed in 1902. With 360 acres (150 ha), it is Ohio's second-largest cemetery.