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Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas Historical Marker. Uploaded by AlbertHerring; ... Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385: File change date and time: 20:16 ...
Glenwood Cemetery is located in Houston, Texas, United States.Developed in 1871, the first professionally designed cemetery in the city accepted its first burial in 1872. Its location at Washington Avenue overlooking Buffalo Bayou served as an entertainment attraction in the 1880
Congregation Beth Israel owns and operates two cemeteries. Its historic West Dallas cemetery, founded in 1844, is located at 1201 West Dallas, just west of downtown Houston. The West Dallas cemetery includes the Temple of Rest Mausoleum, an iconic Art Deco structure designed by architect Joseph Finger.
This list of cemeteries in Texas includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Lee Van Grack Visiting Houston, Texas, you'll find interesting photo opportunities, ranging from beautiful natural settings to one of the oddest museums in the nation. And of course, Houston was ...
Houston, Texas: Coordinates Area: 34.8 acres (14.1 ha) Built: 1931 ... Media related to Woodlawn Cemetery (Houston, Texas) at Wikimedia Commons
Prior to its construction, the property was first used as a municipal cemetery beginning in the 1840s to replace Old City Cemetery, one of the oldest sites in Houston, which was active until the 1880s (a.k.a., Old Houston City Cemetery). [10] [5] Over the next few decades, thousands of people were buried on the site and it became the final ...
Olivewood Cemetery, in Houston, Texas, lies near a bend in White Oak Bayou, along the rail line to Chaney Junction, where the First and Sixth wards meet just northwest of downtown. The 6-acre (24,000 m 2 ) cemetery is an historic resting place for many freed slaves and some of Houston's earliest black residents.