Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York)

For other cemeteries with the same name, see Riverside Cemetery (disambiguation).

Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York) is located in New York
Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York)
Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York) is located in the United States
Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York)
Nearest cityOswego, New York
Coordinates43°25′24″N 76°28′34″W / 43.42333°N 76.47611°W / 43.42333; -76.47611
Area68.4 acres (27.7 ha)
Built1855
ArchitectThomas, Burton Arnold
NRHP reference No.93000854[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1993

Riverside Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and national historic district located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was established in 1855 and designed by landscape architect Burton Arnold Thomas (1808–1880). Within the boundaries of this contributing site are six contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures, and 18 contributing objects. Notable burials include De Witt Clinton Littlejohn (1818–1892), Luther W. Mott (1874–1923), Newton W. Nutting (1840–1889), Joel Turrill (1794–1859), David P. Brewster (1801–1876), Rudolph Bunner (1779–1837), James Cochran (1769–1848), John C. Churchill (1821–1905), Leander Babcock (1811–1864), Abraham P. Grant (1804–1871), and Orville Robinson (1801–1882).[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Kathleen LaFrank (June 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Riverside Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 10, 2009. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
  3. ^ The Political Graveyard: Oswego County, N.Y.