Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable Americans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
cemetery
historic site
rural cemetery
architecturalStyle rural cemetery movement
contains Battle Hill
country United States
dateOfEstablishment 1838
designer David Bates Douglass
elevationFeature Battle Hill, one of the highest natural points in Brooklyn
founder Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic Revival (main gate)
hasCategory Cemeteries in Brooklyn
National Historic Landmarks in New York City
Rural cemeteries in the United States
hasFunction burial ground
historic landscape park
tourist attraction
hasLandscapeFeature hills
lakes
mature trees
winding paths
hasNotableBurials Boss Tweed
Charles Ebbets
Charles Lewis Tiffany
linked to: Charles L. Tiffany

DeWitt Clinton
Elias Howe
F. W. Woolworth
Henry Chadwick
Henry Steinway
Henry Ward Beecher
Horace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Leonard Bernstein
Lola Montez
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Peter Cooper
Samuel F. B. Morse
linked to: Samuel Morse

Susan Smith McKinney Steward
William “Boss” Tweed
linked to: Boss Tweed
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark of the United States
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
influenced creation of public parks in New York City
locatedIn Brooklyn
Kings County, New York
linked to: Kings County

New York (state)
linked to: New York

New York City
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Park Slope, Brooklyn
linked to: Park Slope

Sunset Park, Brooklyn
linked to: Sunset Park

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
notableFor 19th-century rural cemetery design
Gothic Revival entrance gate
burial place of many notable Americans
picturesque landscape
partOf Borough of Brooklyn
usedAs public park-like space in the 19th century

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Samuel Morse burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Dave Van Ronk burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Keith Haring burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
James Fisk Jr. burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr. burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
James Dougherty burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, New York (uncertain)
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Cedar Dell associatedWith historic Green-Wood Cemetery
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Sylvan Water partOf historic landscape of Green-Wood Cemetery
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Sylvan Water associatedWith Green-Wood Cemetery National Historic Landmark
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Arthur Laurents burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Elias Howe burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Abiel Abbot Low burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
James Rebhorn burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
linked to: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Pop Smoke burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States