Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio)

Woodlawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery^[2] and arboretum located in Toledo, Ohio. It is one of several cemeteries in the United States to have that name, and one of a few to be on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Woodlawn Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Bridge over Silver Lake
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Location	1502 W. Central Ave., Toledo, Ohio
Coordinates	41°40′53″N 83°34′46″W
Built	1876
Architect	Eurich, Frank; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001396[1]
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1998

Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, 1920

Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, 1908

Established in 1876, it sits on 160 acres (0.65 km²) of land, 47 acres (190,000 m²) are undeveloped, and consists of 65,000 interments.^[4]

Notable interments

• Christian Albert (1842–1922), Medal of Honor recipient
• Horace Newton Allen^[5] (1858–1932), missionary, physician, and American ambassador to Korea
• James Mitchell Ashley (1824–1896), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Lud Ashley^[6] (1923–2010), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Walter Folger Brown^[7] (1869–1961) 49th Postmaster General
• Lave Cross (1866–1927), Baseball player
• Charles Doolittle (1832–1903), Civil War general
• John H. Doyle (1844–1919), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• John W. Fuller (1827–1891), Civil War brevet major general
• Steve Gordon (1938–1982), screenwriter and film director
• William T. Jackson^[8] (1876–1933), mayor of Toledo from 1928 to 1931
• Samuel M. Jones (1846−1904), Progressive Era mayor of Toledo
• Addie Joss (1880–1911), Baseball Hall Of Fame pitcher
• David Ross Locke^[9] (1833–1888), Civil War journalist and commentator
• Frazier Reams (1897−1971), U.S. Representative
• Isaac R. Sherwood (1835–1925), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• James B. Steedman (1817–1883), Union Army Civil War General
• David L. Stine^[10] (1857–1941), architect
• Myles Thomas (1897–1963), MLB pitcher
• John Tiedtke (1907–2004), philanthropist, farmer, and scion of the founder of Tiedtke's
• Morrison Waite (1816–1888), 7th Chief Justice of the United States

See also

• List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1558495715. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
3. History
4. Woodlawn's website
5. "Horace Newton Allen". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
6. "Thomas "Lud" Ashley". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
7. "Walter Brown". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
8. "William T. Jackson". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
9. "David Ross Locke". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
10. "David L. Stine". Woodlawn Tour. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

External links

• Woodlawn Cemetery at Find a Grave