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词条 Oak Ridge Cemetery
释义

  1. Notable burials

  2. Gallery

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Oak Ridge Cemetery
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes
| image = Lincoln's Tomb.JPG
| caption = Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
| location= 1441 Monument Ave., Springfield, Illinois
| coordinates = {{coord|39|49|25|N|89|39|28|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Illinois#USA
| built = 1855
| architect = Saunders, William
| architecture = Classical Revival, Romanesque
| added = August 4, 1995
| area = {{convert|365|acre}}
| governing_body = Local
| refnum = 95000986[1]
}}

Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois, in the United States.

The Lincoln Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.

As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.[2]

Oak Ridge is the 3rd and now only public cemetery in Springfield, the other two cemeteries were the City Cemetery and Hutchinson.[3] Oak Ridge was designed by William Saunders as part of the Rural Cemetery Landscape Lawn Style.[3] The location of the cemetery was carefully selected because of the topography, which included rolling hills which was key in the Rural Cemetery Landscape Lawn Style. The many oak trees in the cemetery is how Oak Ridge got its name. The ridge borders low-lying Spring Creek, creating landscaped topography unusual in central Illinois.

The newest section, in the southwest, of Oak Ridge opened after 1945. The design follows the Memorial Park style cemetery in which roadways are wider to accommodate vehicles.[3]

The Cemetery has memorials for the Korean War, World War II and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A museum of Central Illinois African-American history is located adjacent to the cemetery.

Notable burials

  • William Henry Bissell
  • Jacob Bunn
  • John Whitfield Bunn
  • Daniel Pope Cook
  • John Cook
  • Shelby Moore Cullom
  • Jesse K. Dubois
  • Ninian Edwards
  • William Lee D. Ewing
  • Nellie Grant – daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant
  • William Herndon
  • Elijah Iles
  • William Jayne
  • John L. Lewis
  • Abraham Lincoln – sixteenth President of the United States during the Civil War
  • Mary Todd Lincoln – Abraham's wife
  • Fleetwood Lindley – the last person to have looked upon Lincoln's face in September 1901
  • Vachel Lindsay
  • John Alexander McClernand
  • Alfred Orendorff
  • John Carroll Power – first custodian of Lincoln's Tomb
  • Alexander Starne – Illinois Secretary of State and Illinois Treasurer
  • John T. Stuart – U.S. Congressman, lawyer, law partner of Abraham Lincoln
  • John Riley Tanner
  • Arthur Harrison Wilson (Medal of Honor)

Gallery

References

1. ^{{NRISref|version=2009a}}
2. ^www.graveyards.com
3. ^National Register of Historic Places

External links

{{commons category|Oak Ridge Cemetery (Springfield, Illinois)}}
  • Illinois Ancestors - Oak Ridge Cemetery
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery - City of Springfield
  • Graveyards.com - photos
  • Find a Grave - Oak Ridge Cemetery
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

7 : Cemeteries in Illinois|Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois|Monuments and memorials in Illinois|National Register of Historic Places in Springfield, Illinois|Tourist attractions in Springfield, Illinois|Abraham Lincoln|Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois

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