Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri)
Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery,[2] located in what is now the urban area of 4900 Truman Road at the corner of Van Brunt Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It was formally organized in 1872 and was landscaped by George Kessler. The first burial was infant Sallie Ayers on July 5, 1872. Features include the public vault and crematorium c. 1897, entrance gate and fence c. 1900, Kirkland B. Armour Chapel (1904, 1917), and Cemetery Office (1925).[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
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| Location | 4900 Truman Rd., Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′46″N 94°31′33″W |
| Built | 1872 |
| Architect | George Kessler |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001002 |
| Added to NRHP | July 28, 1983[1] |
Notable burials
Kansas City Mayors
Others
- Mary McAfee Atkins, donated money for the Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art
- Tom Bass, African American horse trainer
- William Patterson Borland, Congressman; sculpture by Jorgen Dreyer
- Kersey Coates, real estate developer
- Abram Comingo, Congressman
- Milton Feld, Walt Disney cartoonist
- Hiram Fosdick Dovol, Civil War general
- Thomas Hackney, congressman
- Morris Helzberg, founder of Helzberg Diamonds
- Zeralda James, Jesse James's wife (moved later)
- James Johnson Lindley, Congressman
- Robert Lee, member of the Wild Bunch[4]
- August Meyer, engineer and parks commissioner[5]
- John William Reid, congressman
- Frank Ringo, baseball player
- James Jordan Squier, capitalist[6]
- William Warner, Congressman
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- 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 September 20, 2019.
- Piland, Sherry; Uguccioni, Ellen; Denny, James M. (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elmwood Cemetery" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved March 1, 2017. (includes 11 photographs from 1982)
- "Peaceful piece of KC's past threatened". Kansas City Star. April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- "City News". The Iola Register. December 4, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- midtownkcposter (November 23, 2015). "Do you remember the 3700 block of Troost and Forest?". Midtown KC Post. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
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