Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Glenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 2219 Lincoln Road NE in Washington, D.C. It is a private, secular cemetery owned and operated by The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. Many famous people are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, and the cemetery is noted for its numerous elaborate Victorian and Art Nouveau funerary monuments. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017; its mortuary chapel was separately listed in 1989.
| Glenwood Cemetery | |
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Entrance to Glenwood Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1854 |
| Location | Edgewood, Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38.9229°N 77.0060°W |
| Type | private, secular |
| Owned by | The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. |
| Size | 90 acres (360,000 m2) |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Glenwood Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Glenwood Cemetery |
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