Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States

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Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and notable burials, including members of prominent American political families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
garden cemetery
historic site
adjacentTo Rock Creek
architect James Renwick Jr.
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival architecture
burialPlaceOf Bliss family members
Charles Sumner
Dean Acheson
Glover family members
James G. Blaine
John Philip Sousa
William Wilson Corcoran
many members of prominent American political families
cemeteryType rural cemetery
continent North America
country United States
dateAddedToNRHP 1971-03-16
foundedBy William Wilson Corcoran
hasCategory Cemeteries in Washington, D.C.
Gothic Revival architecture in Washington, D.C.
National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
hasCoordinateLocation 38.910°N 77.063°W
hasPart Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
Renwick Chapel
gatehouse of Oak Hill Cemetery
hasWebsite https://www.oakhillcemeterydc.org/
heritageDesignation District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
National Register of Historic Places
inception 1848
landscapeStyle Victorian garden cemetery
picturesque landscape
locatedIn Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
locatedOn bluff above Rock Creek
notableFor monuments of prominent American political families
notable burials
picturesque scenery
NRHPReferenceNumber 71000996
NRHPType historic district
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Oak Hill Cemetery Company
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery
partOf Georgetown Historic District
terrainFeature hillside
zoningOrUsage active burial ground

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William Wallace Lincoln temporaryBurialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Philip Barton Key II buriedAt Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Edwin M. Stanton burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Henry Clay Folger burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
James Pinckney Henderson burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Edward Douglass White burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Robert J. Walker burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
David J. Brewer burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Melville Fuller burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Edward D. White buriedIn Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
Philip L. Graham burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
linked to: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States