| Greenwood (Knights of Pythias) Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | December 9, 1869 |
| Location | 930 Adams Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°01′19″N 75°05′49″W / 40.022°N 75.097°W |
| Type | private |
| Owned by | Greenwood Holdings, LLC |
| Size | 43 acres (170,000 m2) |
| No. of graves | 20,000[1] |
| Website | Greenwood Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Greenwood (Knights of Pythias) Cemetery |
| Designated | August 9, 2000[2] |
Greenwood (Knights of Pythias) Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1869, is 43 acres in size and contains approximately 20,000 graves.
It was established by the Knights of Pythias to provide burials for their members. Over time, the cemetery suffered from abandonment and vandalism. The cemetery became a site for illegal dumping and the rear portion of the property became wildly overgrown. In August 2000, the cemetery was added to the list of Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
The Friends of Greenwood Cemetery and Greenwood Holdings have been successful in cleaning up the cemetery and renovating the house on the property. In 2008, approximately 1,500 bodies were reinterred from the rear portion of the cemetery to a mass grave near the front of the property to allow construction of a parking lot for the adjacent Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". www.kpgreenwoodcemetery.org. Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (with OPA addresses)" (PDF). www.phila.gov. City of Philadelphia. Retrieved 5 January 2022.