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October 28, 1977. Designated PHMC. May 20, 2000 [ 3 ] Laurel Hill Cemetery, also called Laurel Hill East to distinguish it from the affiliated West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after ...
Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1836 in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 74-acre grounds contain over 11,000 family lots and more than 33,000 graves, including many notable burials. [1]
August 14, 1992. West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is 200 acres (81 hectares) in size, and contains the burials of many notable people. It is affiliated with Laurel Hill Cemetery in nearby Philadelphia. The cemetery property is an accredited arboretum and has an ...
George Herzog (1851–1920), interior designer and decorative painter. Brenda J. Payton Hill (1945–1992), as Brenda Payton, lead singer of doo-wop group Brenda & The Tabulations. John Hofford (1863–1915), professional baseball pitcher for Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1885–1886.
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. John Kintzing Kane, 1824.jpg 227 × 313; 18 KB. Lewis Cochran Cassidy, 1829-1889.jpg 280 × 370; 41 KB. Categories: Burials in Philadelphia by place. Burials in Pennsylvania by cemetery. Template Category TOC via Automatic category TOC on category with 201–300 pages.
The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a Victorian rural cemetery with an arboretum of over 1,000 trees. More than 30,000 people are buried ...
Grave of David Rittenhouse at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. Other notable events in Rittenhouse's life include: 1763–1764 Worked on the boundary survey of Pennsylvania and Maryland; 1767 Granted an honorary master's degree from the College of Philadelphia (later University of Pennsylvania) 1768 Discovered the atmosphere of Venus [19]
Known for. Co-founder Philadelphia Traction Company, U.S. Steel, American Tobacco. Spouse. Hannah Josephine Dunton. Children. Harry (1859-1874) George Dunton (1861-1912) Joseph Early (1871-1943) Peter Arrell Browne Widener (November 13, 1834 – November 6, 1915) was an American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the Widener family of ...