Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States

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Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its Victorian-era funerary art and as the resting place of notable figures including Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo Interstate 16 (Savannah terminus vicinity) ⓘ
burialPlaceOf 19th-century Savannah civic leaders ⓘ
Confederate soldiers ⓘ
Juliette Gordon Low ⓘ
members of prominent Savannah families ⓘ
prominent Savannah politicians ⓘ
coordinateLocation approx. 32.06°N 81.11°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Classical Revival funerary monuments ⓘ
Gothic Revival funerary monuments ⓘ
Victorian funerary art ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Southern United States funerary traditions ⓘ
Victorian mourning customs ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic landscape cemetery ⓘ
hasNumberOfBurials tens of thousands ⓘ
hasPart African American burial section (Laurel Grove South) ⓘ
Confederate soldiers section ⓘ
Laurel Grove North Cemetery ⓘ
Laurel Grove South Cemetery ⓘ
hasTourismType cemetery tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
hasVegetation Spanish moss ⓘ
live oaks ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
Savannah Historic District contributing property ⓘ
inception 1850s ⓘ
locatedIn Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Chatham County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Victorian District, Savannah ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
notableFor Victorian-era funerary art ⓘ
elaborate family plots ⓘ
historic ironwork and stone carving ⓘ
separate burial grounds for white and African American residents ⓘ
openingDate 1852 ⓘ
operator City of Savannah Department of Cemeteries ⓘ
ownedBy City of Savannah ⓘ
partOf Savannah’s 19th-century expansion era ⓘ
replaces Colonial Park Cemetery ⓘ
terrainFeature curving drives and paths ⓘ
wooded grounds ⓘ
usedFor genealogical research ⓘ
historic tours ⓘ
public burials ⓘ

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Juliette Gordon Low → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States ⓘ
Lafayette McLaws → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States
Martin L. Smith → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States
James Lord Pierpont → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States ⓘ
Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States ⓘ
Francis S. Bartow → burialPlace → Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, United States