Rose Hill Cemetery | |
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| Location | Riverside Dr., Macon, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°50′53″N 83°37′59″W / 32.84806°N 83.63306°W |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architect | Rose, Simri |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000611[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | October 09, 1973 |
Rose Hill Cemetery is a 50-acre cemetery located on the banks of the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Georgia, United States, that opened in 1840.[3][4] Simri Rose, a horticulturist and designer of the cemetery, was instrumental in the planning of the city of Macon and planned Rose Hill Cemetery in return for being able to choose his own burial plot.[5] The cemetery is named in his honor.[3]
Rose Hill Cemetery was a hangout and artistic inspiration for the Allman Brothers Band during their early years. The Allman Brothers' slide guitarist Duane Allman, keyboardist and vocalist Gregg Allman, drummer Butch Trucks and bassist Berry Oakley are interred here.[6]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Macgregor, Elizabeth Z. (June 27, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rose Hill Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved July 30, 2018. With 16 photos from March 1971
- ^ a b Cothran, James R.; Danylchak, Erica (2018). Grave landscapes : the nineteenth-century rural cemetery movement. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1611177992. OCLC 969439589.
- ^ Macgregor 1973, p. 2.
- ^ "Bibb County, GA – BIOS Simrie Rose". USGenWeb. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ^ Purser, Becky (June 3, 2017). "'We were blown away by all this': Hundreds of Gregg Allman fans gather for his burial". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 29, 2019.