Glendale National Cemetery | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 18, 1995[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 043-0753 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Nearest City: | Richmond, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.4361°N -77.2344°W |
Built: | 1866 |
Architect: | Meigs, Montgomery C. |
Architecture: | Second Empire |
Added: | February 26, 1996 |
Refnum: | 96000026 |
Glendale National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses, and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.
Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill and other nearby American Civil War battlefields.
Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.