Cedar Hill Cemetery (Suffolk, Virginia) Explained

Cedar Hill Cemetery
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 7, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:133-5018
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:105 Mahan St. (S of E. Constance Rd.), Suffolk, Virginia
Coordinates:36.7375°N -76.5797°W
Architect:John P. Hall Co.; Joseph Pollia.
Architecture:Early Republic, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Added:February 1, 2006
Refnum:05001584

Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as Green Hill Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing structures, one contributing site, and three contributing objects in the a city-owned, 25-acre, public cemetery dating to 1802. Grave markers within the cemetery date from the early 19th century to the present day. This cemetery is a representative example of public cemetery planning and funerary artwork found in southeast Virginia and Suffolk. The contributing structures include the Darden (1938), Hosier, Hill (1933) and Brewer-Godwin mausoleums and the contributing objects include the Confederate Monument (1889) and World War I Monument.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Hill Cemetery. Kimble A. David. September 2005. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161225041215/http://dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Suffolk/133-5018_CedarHillCemetery_2006_NRfinal.pdf. 2016-12-25. dead. and Accompanying four photos
  3. News: Dr. Barnes' Funeral to Take Place Saturday . 1913-06-06 . Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark . 10 . . 2023-04-30.