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Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, southeast of downtown Savannah, Georgia. [1] The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. [3]
The Gaston Tomb (also known as the Stranger's Tomb) is a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. It was built in memory of William Gaston, a prominent merchant in Savannah who died in 1837. The tomb was built seven years later, initially in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery. It was moved to Bonaventure in 1873. [1] [2]
This page categorizes burials at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Pages in category "Burials at Bonaventure Cemetery" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, Georgia This beautiful cemetery became world famous thanks to its role in John Berendt's bestselling true-crime novel "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
Though established as a private cemetery in 1846, the City of Savannah purchased Bonaventure in 1907, making it a space for everyone to enjoy. Just three miles from downtown, the picturesque ...
English: Bonaventure Cemetery This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 01000035 .
Bonaventure Plantation was a plantation founded in colonial Savannah, Province of Georgia, on land now occupied by Greenwich and Bonaventure cemeteries. The site was 600 acres (2.4 km 2), including a plantation house and private cemetery, located on the Wilmington River, about 3.5 miles (6 kilometres) east of the Savannah colony.
Basket Creek Cemetery Lott Cemetery. Andersonville National Historic Site; Basket Creek Cemetery; Behavior Cemetery; Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, made famous by the Bird Girl sculpture featured on the cover of the book, and in the movie of, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil