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This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The Pettit Chapel is located in the Belvidere Cemetery in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, which is in Boone County. The cemetery was chartered in 1837 and contains 13,000 known graves. [ 2 ] The chapel was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places December 1, 1978. [ 3 ]
Originally a one-quarter acre plot within Woodland Cemetery, the first burials took place in 1861. [1] It was designated a National Cemetery on July 24, 1882. [1] [2]In 1899, the Federal Government purchase a 0.45 acre lot within Graceland Cemetery in Adams County, Illinois, and all the interments were transferred there from the soldiers' plot in Woodland Cemetery. [2]
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Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Woodland Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 1020 South Fifth Street in Quincy, Illinois. Planned by politician John Wood and opened in 1846, the cemetery is a product of America's rural cemetery movement of the mid-nineteenth century.
The original state library was located next to the office of Stephen A. Douglas while he was Secretary of State. [6] It moved into the west wing of the State Capitol's third floor in October 1887. [7] The Illinois State Library is currently housed in the purpose-built library rededicated as the Gwendolyn Brooks State Library in 2003. [8]
Mound City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near Mound City, in Pulaski County, Illinois. It encompasses 10.5 acres (4.2 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 8,098 interments. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it is managed by the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. [2]