Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey)

Riverview Cemetery
Cemetery vista featuring the George B. McClellan monument
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Location
870 Centre Street, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates40°11′42″N 74°45′14″W / 40.195°N 74.754°W / 40.195; -74.754
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Trenton
No. of gravesup to 45,000[1]
Find a GraveRiverview Cemetery
The Political GraveyardRiverview Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
Riverview Cemetery
ArchitectJohn K. Smith, landscape designer; Charles C. Haven, civil engineer; Calvert Vaux, landscape architect; Micklewright & Mountford, architects
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.100000810[2]
NJRHP No.3278[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 2017
Designated NJRHPFebruary 7, 2017

Riverview Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 870 Centre Street in the city of Trenton, New Jersey in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. A number of notables are interred there, including Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery. His wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan, is interred with him.

  1. ^ "Riverview Cemetery". Historical Marker Project.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – (#100000810)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 16.