Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan) Explained

Oakwood Cemetery Chapel
Location:Arbor St., Allegan, Michigan
Coordinates:42.5272°N -85.8622°W
Built:1920
Builder:E. Haines
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:March 12, 1987
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:87000261

Oakwood Cemetery Chapel is a historic chapel on Arbor Street in Allegan, Michigan. It was built in 1920 and added to the National Register in 1987.

History

Alexander L. Ely, one of Allegan's early proprietors, gave the land for Oakwood Cemetery to the city early in the city's history. The original tract was added onto in 1873. In 1920, the cemetery hired E. Haines to construct this building.

Description

The Oakwood Chapel is a brown brick building with a hipped roof that extends outward from the building to form a porte cochere. The building has Gothic windows with raised brick, and contains an office, a crypt, and the main chapel.

Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery itself is the burial place of US Congressmen Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875–1967) and William Brewster Williams (1826–1905) and Civil War general Benjamin Dudley Pritchard (1835–1907).