Oakdale Memorial Gardens | |
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Details | |
Established | 1856 |
Location | 2501 Eastern Ave. Davenport, Iowa |
Country | United States |
Type | Independent |
Owned by | Oakdale Memorial Gardens |
Size | 78 acres (32 ha) |
No. of graves | over 24,000 |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Oakdale Memorial Gardens |
The Political Graveyard | Oakdale Memorial Gardens |
Oakdale Cemetery Historic District | |
Coordinates | 41°32′48″N 90°32′57″W / 41.54667°N 90.54917°W |
Architect | George F. de la Roche A. N. Carpenter Clausen & Kruse Israel Hall Edward Hammatt W. H. Kimball Robert H. Nott John W. Ross Seth J. Temple Nathaniel Tunnicliff Philip Tunnicliff Raymond C. Whitaker |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau Egyptian Revival Gothic Revival Modern Neoclassical Romanesque Revival Richardsonian Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 15000194[1] |
DRHP No. | 56[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 5, 2015 |
Designated DRHP | November 25, 2015 |
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery, is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animals Petland. In 2015, the cemetery was listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, and as a local landmark on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties.[2] It is also listed on the Network to Freedom, a National Park Service registry for sites associated with the Underground Railroad.[3]