Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio)

Woodlawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery[2] and arboretum located in Toledo, Ohio. It is one of several cemeteries in the United States to have that name, and one of a few to be on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

Woodlawn Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Bridge over Silver Lake
Location	1502 W. Central Ave., Toledo, Ohio
Coordinates	41°40′53″N 83°34′46″W
Built	1876
Architect	Eurich, Frank; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001396[1]
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1998

Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, 1920

Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, 1908

Established in 1876, it sits on 160 acres (0.65 km²) of land, 47 acres (190,000 m²) are undeveloped, and consists of 65,000 interments.[4]

Notable interments

• Christian Albert, (June 13, 1842 – April 16, 1922) Medal of Honor recipient
• James Mitchell Ashley, (November 14, 1824 – September 16, 1896), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• James B. Steedman, Union Army Civil War General (July 29, 1817-October 18, 1883)
• Lud Ashley, (January 11, 1923 – June 15, 2010), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Walter Folger Brown, (May 31, 1869 – January 26, 1961), 49th Postmaster General
• Lave Cross, (May 12, 1866 – September 6, 1927), Baseball player
• Leander Clark, (July 17, 1823 - December 22, 1910), An American businessman, Iowa state legislator, Union Army officer during the Civil War, Indian agent, and namesake for Leander Clark College
• Charles Doolittle, (March 16, 1832 – February 20, 1903), Civil War general
• John H. Doyle, (April 23, 1844 – March 24, 1919), Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• John W. Fuller, (July 28, 1827 – March 12, 1891), Civil War brevet major general
• Steve Gordon, (October 10, 1938 - November 27, 19820, Screenwriter and film director
• Samuel M. Jones, (August 3, 1846 − July 12, 1904), Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
• Addie Joss, (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911), Baseball Hall Of Fame pitcher
• David Ross Locke, (September 20, 1833 – February 15, 1888), American journalist and commentator during the American Civil War
• Frazier Reams, (January 15, 1897 − September 15, 1971), U.S. Representative from Ohio's 9th District, elected twice as an independent
• Isaac R. Sherwood, (August 13, 1835 – October 15, 1925), Member of the United States House of Representatives
• Myles Thomas, (October 22, 1897 – December 12, 1963), American pitcher
• John Tiedtke Philanthropist, Farmer, Professor, Entrepreneur and scion of the founder of Tiedtke's
• Morrison Waite, (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888), 7th Chief Justice of the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
3. History
4. Woodlawn's website