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The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized on July 8, 1867, by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen who purchased approximately 250 acres to establish a rural cemetery for the city of Detroit. [3] Woodmere's layout was designed by Adolph Strauch, who also designed Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. [4]
This list of cemeteries in Michigan 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 cemetery was established in 1895 and immediately attracted some of the most notable names in the city. [1] The grounds encompass 140 acres (57 ha) and were planned by civil engineer Mason L. Brown and horticulturalist Frank Eurich. At the time of the first burial in 1896, Woodlawn was outside the city limits.
Entrance to Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. From Guide and Souvenir of Detroit with Map and Illustrations, by Silas Farmer, 1891 p. 105. https://archive.org ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Wayne County, Michigan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) Woodmere Cemetery
The Eastside Historic Cemetery District is a historic district bounded by Elmwood Avenue, Mt. Elliott Avenue, Lafayette Street, and Waterloo Street in Detroit, Michigan. The district consists of three separate cemeteries: Mount Elliott Cemetery ( Catholic , established 1841), Elmwood Cemetery ( Protestant , established 1846), and the Lafayette ...
At the time of his death, he lived on his farm, "Linden Lawn," (where Field Avenue would later be built) in the township of Hamtramck, the still largrly rural area to the east of the city of Detroit. Most of that township would later be annexed into Detroit, including where Field lived. He is interred in Woodmere Cemetery. [13]
It was formerly the John Miller Farm. Between 1874 and 1881, the city vacated the Lansing City Cemetery and moved about 1,000 graves to Mount Hope. [1] Frederick W. Higgins, superintendent of Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery, planned the drives and Henry Lee Bancroft, superintendent of the Lansing City Cemetery, developed the landscape. [1]