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November 12, 1969. Designated VLR. September 9, 1969 [2] Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1847 and designed by the landscape architect John Notman. It is 135-acres in size and overlooks the James River.
List of burials at Hollywood Cemetery. Hollywood Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1847 in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. The 135-acre cemetery [1] contains many notable burials including 2 U.S. Presidents, the President of the Confederate States of America [2] and 25 Confederate Army officers. [3]
James Monroe Tomb, prior to 2016. The James Monroe Tomb is the burial place of U.S. President James Monroe in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.The principal feature of the tomb is an architecturally unusual cast iron cage, designed by Albert Lybrock and installed in 1859 after Monroe's body was moved from Marble Cemetery in New York City.
Oakwood Cemetery. / 37.5376388°N 77.3985904°W / 37.5376388; -77.3985904. Oakwood Cemetery is a large, city-owned burial ground in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. It holds over 48,000 graves, including many soldiers from the Civil War.
Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery is the final burial place of many Civil War notables, including Jefferson Davis, Stuart, former U.S. president and Confederate Congressman John Tyler, Virginia Governors and Confederate Generals Henry A. Wise and William "Extra Billy" Smith, Tredegar Iron Works owner and Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Reid ...
Richmond's African Burial Grounds. Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground was active from 1799 to 1816. It was the first municipal burial ground of the city of Richmond. It was historically known as the "Burial Ground for Negroes". [1] It is located at 1554 E Broad St. (alternate address 1520 E Marshall St.), across from the site of Lumpkin's ...
John Allen Wilcox. E. Randolph Williams. George D. Wise (politician) Henry A. Wise. Richard Alsop Wise. Categories: Burials in Richmond, Virginia, by place. Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) Burials in the United States by cemetery.
Richmond ( / ˈrɪtʃmənd / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]