Ledgelawn Cemetery Explained

Ledgelawn Cemetery
Country:	United States
Location:	Cromwell Harbor Road Bar Harbor, Maine
Coordinates:	44.3788°N -68.2085°W
Owner:	Town of Bar Harbor
Map Type:	USA Maine#USA
Findagraveid:	1424533

Ledgelawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Established in 1903, several prominent early business owners, notable summer residents, and other townspeople are buried in the cemetery.

The need for a new cemetery was reported in the Bar Harbor Record on February 24, 1887:^[1]

Notable burials

Listed chronologically:

• Frederick Lincoln Savage (1861–1924), architect
• William Henry Sherman (1865–1928), businessman and author
• Walter Damrosch (1862–1950), composer and conductor^[2]
• George G. McMurtry (1876–1958), Medal of Honor recipient
• Genevieve Fox (1888–1959), author

See also

• List of cemeteries in Maine

External links

• Partial plan of Ledgelawn Cemtery, drawn in 1903 – Mount Desert Historical Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cemeteries of Bar Harbor – Ledgelawn Cemetery . 2023-02-26 . www.vfthomas.com.
2. Book: Spencer, Thomas E. . Where They're Buried . Clearfield Company . 1998 . 9780806348230 . 495.