Gatehouse, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Historic cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Laurel Hill Cemetery, also called Laurel Hill East to distinguish it from the affiliated West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | 3822 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, PA |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| Listed | Oct 28, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77001185 |
| Architect | John Notman |
| Type of place | cemetery |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings, 1 structures, 37 objects |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 3822 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, PA |
| Website | laurelhillphl.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 40.00413, -75.18764 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site · 4 mi · on Park Atlas |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Philadelphia County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77001185. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.