Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Entrance to Glenwood Cemetery
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| Established | 1854 |
| Location | Edgewood, Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°55′23″N 77°00′22″W / 38.922925°N 77.005988°WCoordinates: 38°55′23″N 77°00′22″W / 38.922925°N 77.005988°W |
| Type | private, secular |
| Owned by | The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. |
| Size | 90 acres (360,000 m2) |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Glenwood Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Glenwood Cemetery |
Glenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 2219 Lincoln Road NE in Washington, D.C. It is a private, secular cemetery owned and operated by The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. Many famous people are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, and the cemetery is noted for its numerous elaborate Victorian and Art Nouveau funerary monuments. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017; its mortuary chapel was separately listed in 1989.
On June 5, 1852, the Council of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia passed a local ordinance that barred the creation of new cemeteries anywhere within Georgetown or the area bounded by Boundary Street (northwest and northeast), 15th Street (east), East Capitol Street, the Anacostia River, the Potomac River, and Rock Creek. A number of new cemeteries were therefore established in the "rural" areas in and around Washington: Columbian Harmony Cemetery in D.C.; Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring, Maryland; Mount Olivet Cemetery in D.C.; and Woodlawn Cemetery in D.C.
The property which became Glenwood Cemetery was first owned by John Dixon, and original patentee of the District of Columbia. In 1809, Dixon sold the land to Dr. Phineas Bradley. Bradley renamed it Clover Hill, and built a large home in the northeast corner of the land. Bradley entertained some of the city's most notable residents, including Senator Henry Clay. Bradley sold the property in 1845, and it changed hands many times over the next nine years. By 1854, it was owned by Junius J. Boyle.
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