Laurel Grove Cemetery

Laurel Grove Cemetery
Laurel Grove Cemetery is located in the United States
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Laurel Grove Cemetery is located in Georgia
Laurel Grove Cemetery
LocationSavannah, Georgia, United States
Coordinates32°03′56″N 81°06′30″W / 32.06548°N 81.10833°W / 32.06548; -81.10833
Map
Built1853
Architect
  • James O. Morse
  • William George
  • Sholl & Fay
NRHP reference No.78000972[1][2] (original)
83000187[3][4] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1978
Boundary increaseAugust 4, 1983

Laurel Grove Cemetery is a cemetery located in midtown Savannah, Georgia. It includes the original cemetery for whites (now known as Laurel Grove North) and a companion burial ground (called Laurel Grove South) that was reserved for slaves and free people of color. The original cemetery has countless graves of many of Savannah's Confederate veterans of the American Civil War. The cemetery was dedicated in 1852. The lawyer and poet Henry Rootes Jackson delivered the dedication address.[5]

With lush plantings and beautifully carved stones, both sections of Laurel Grove Cemetery resemble more famous Victorian-era graveyards such as Green-Wood in New York City and Père Lachaise in Paris. The south section of the cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978 and the north section was added to the NRHP in 1983.

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