National Historic Landmark · cemetery · Rohwer, Arkansas

Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery for a camp where Japanese-Americans were interned from 1942-45 in Rohwer, Arkansas. Added to the National Register in 1992, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1992
1944 Monument at Rohwer Relocation Center442 Regiment monument Rohwer Relocation CenterBackground of Rohwer Relocation CenterGraves, Rohwer Relocation Center, Rohwer Arkansas
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressAR 1, Rohwer vicinity, AR
CountyDesha County
ListedJul 6, 1992
Reference number92001882
Type of placecemetery
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources28 objects

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressAR 1, Rohwer, AR
Coordinates33.76641, -91.28027 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitArkansas Post National Memorial · 16 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWilbur D. Mills 15 mi · Notrebes Bend Park 15 mi · Pendleton Bend 16 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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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 92001882. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.