Lancaster Cemetery Explained

Lancaster Cemetery
Coordinates:	37.6164°N -84.5756°W
Built:	1861
Architecture:	Romanesque
Added:	March 26, 1984
Area:	5acres
Mpsub:	Lancaster MRA
Refnum:	84001458

The Lancaster, Kentucky Cemetery in Lancaster, Kentucky dates from 1861. It is enclosed by Campbell, Crab Orchard, and Richmond Streets in Lancaster. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing structure.

A sexton's house was built in 1866, using bricks from the former Old Republican Church which had been built in 1815. It has a stone receiving vault (1897) which was used to store bodies when grave digging was not possible. It has an original iron fence and stone entrance pillars, while entrance gates were recent (as of 1984) copies of original gates.^[1]

Burials

Notable burials include:

George W. Dunlap (1813–1880), US Representative
William J. Landram (1828–1895), Civil War general
George D. Scott (1850–1886), Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (cenotaph)^[2] ^[3]
Lewis L. Walker (1873–1944), US Representative

Notes and References

Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84001458}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Lancaster Cemetery ]. National Park Service. Helen Powell . 1983 . March 18, 2018. With .
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1063 George D. Scott
https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/george-d-scott George D. Scott