Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio)

United States historic place


Woodlawn Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Location	1502 W. Central Ave., Toledo, Ohio
Coordinates	41°40′53″N 83°34′46″W / 41.68139°N 83.57944°W / 41.68139; -83.57944
Built	1876
Architect	Eurich, Frank; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001396
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1998

Woodlawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery and arboretum located in Toledo, Ohio. It is one of several cemeteries in the United States to have that name, and one of a few to be on the National Register of Historic Places.

Established in 1876, it sits on 160 acres (0.65 km) of land, 47 acres (190,000 m) are undeveloped, and consists of 65,000 interments.

Notable interments

Christian Albert (1842–1922), Medal of Honor recipient
Horace Newton Allen (1858–1932), missionary, physician, and American ambassador to Korea
James Mitchell Ashley (1824–1896), Member of the United States House of Representatives
Lud Ashley (1923–2010), Member of the United States House of Representatives
Walter Folger Brown (1869–1961) 49th Postmaster General
Lave Cross (1866–1927), Baseball player
Charles Doolittle (1832–1903), Civil War general
John H. Doyle (1844–1919), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
John W. Fuller (1827–1891), Civil War brevet major general
Steve Gordon (1938–1982), screenwriter and film director
William T. Jackson (1876–1933), mayor of Toledo from 1928 to 1931
Samuel M. Jones (1846−1904), Progressive Era mayor of Toledo
Addie Joss (1880–1911), Baseball Hall Of Fame pitcher
David Ross Locke (1833–1888), Civil War journalist and commentator
Frazier Reams (1897−1971), U.S. Representative
Isaac R. Sherwood (1835–1925), Member of the United States House of Representatives
James B. Steedman (1817–1883), Union Army Civil War General
David L. Stine (1857–1941), architect
Myles Thomas (1897–1963), MLB pitcher
John Tiedtke (1907–2004), philanthropist, farmer, and scion of the founder of Tiedtke's
Morrison Waite (1816–1888), 7th Chief Justice of the United States

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1558495715. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
History
Woodlawn's website
"Horace Newton Allen". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
"Thomas "Lud" Ashley". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
"Walter Brown". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
"William T. Jackson". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
"David Ross Locke". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
"David L. Stine". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

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