Knollwood Cemetery
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| Established | September 9, 1908 |
| Location | Mayfield Heights, Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°30′45″N 81°26′34″W / 41.512507°N 81.442796°WCoordinates: 41°30′45″N 81°26′34″W / 41.512507°N 81.442796°W |
| Type | Private |
| Size | 96 acres (390,000 m2) |
| No. of graves | 47,000 (2007) |
| Website | knollwoodcemetery.net |
| Find a Grave | Knollwood Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Knollwood Cemetery |
Knollwood Cemetery is a cemetery located at 1678 SOM Center Road in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Established in 1908, it is one of the largest cemeteries in Cuyahoga County. A mausoleum was completed in 1926, and an expansion finished in 1959. The cemetery's mausoleum, the largest in the state, boasts a number of windows by Tiffany & Co.
Knollwood Cemetery was incorporated on September 9, 1908, by C.F. Heinig, Francis P. Newcome, and H.L. Ebbert. A five-member board of directors was established, and Benjamin Ottman elected its first president. A few weeks after its incorporation, the cemetery purchased 200 acres (810,000 m2) of land from the Pennington-Quilling Co. for $40,000 ($1,066,222 in 2016 dollars). The land had previously been the farm of Robert Lowe. In June 1909, the cemetery purchased another 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land for $100 ($2,666 in 2016 dollars) from James Watters, and 22.6 acres (91,000 m2) of land from J.W. Thorman for $100. Another 27.4 acres (111,000 m2) were acquired from other sources.
Ground was broken on the new cemetery on June 26, 1909. Paul Heinze, an architect from Detroit, Michigan, who had designed several cemeteries in the Midwestern United States, laid out Knollwood as a "park" cemetery. Twenty work crews began preparing burial vaults, grading roads, and landscaping 170 acres (690,000 m2) of the site in preparation for a July 15 dedication. Work included the creation of a man-made lake. The cemetery's roads were paved with macadam, while the county began work on grading and laying asphalt on Mayfield Road to upgrade it in time for the burial ground's opening. Other work at the site included the emplacement of stormwater sewers about 7 feet (2.1 m) belowground, and the construction of a front entrance consisting of wrought iron gates supported by several granite pillars. A.T. Russell sold 1,150 acres (4,700,000 m2) of land to Knollwood in September 1909.
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