Highland Lawn Cemetery
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Highland Lawn Cemetery is a city-owned cemetery[2] in Terre Haute, Indiana. Opened in 1884, the cemetery includes 139 acres (0.56 km2).
| Highland Lawn Cemetery | |
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 The entrance to Highland Lawn Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1884 |
| Location | 4520 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Country | US |
| Coordinates | 39°28′35″N 87°20′52″W |
| Size | 139 acres (56 ha) |
| No. of graves | over 45,000+ |
| Find a Grave | Highland Lawn Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Highland Lawn Cemetery |
Highland Lawn Cemetery | |
| Architect | Vrydaugh, Jesse A.; Heidenreich Company; Floyd, W.H. |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001790 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1990 |
The cemetery features a Richardsonian Romanesque chapel built by architect Jesse A. Vrydaugh in 1893 for a cost of $10,000. In the 1980s, the chapel underwent renovation which was completed in March 1988. Highland Lawn also includes a bell tower built by the Heidenreich Company in 1894, a gateway arch completed by Edward Hazledine and a Colonial rest house designed by W.H. Floyd.[3]
Highland Lawn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its significance in agriculture and landscaping.
Folklore
The cemetery is known in local folklore including the story of Stiffy Green, a taxidermied dog buried in his owner's tomb who was said to bark periodically, and of Martin Sheets, who was convinced he would be buried alive and thus installed a telephone inside of his tomb with a direct line to the cemetery's main office.[4]
Notable burials
- Ellen Church (1904–1965), aviation innovator and nurse[5]
- Eugene Debs (1855–1926), socialist and politician[6]
- Theodore Debs (1864–1945), Eugene's brother and socialist political activist
- Max Ehrmann (1872–1945), writer, poet, and attorney[7]
- Courtland Gillen (1880–1954), U.S. Representative
- Eva Mozes Kor (1934–2019), Holocaust survivor and activist
- Juliet Peddle (1899–1979), architect[8]
- Allen Pence (1819–1908), pharmacist and pioneer of spiritualism[9]
- Everett Sanders (1882–1950), politician and republican[10]
- D. Omer Seamon (1911–1997), painter[11]
- Valeska Suratt (1882–1962), silent film and stage actress[12]
- Bud Taylor (1903–1962), boxer[13]
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