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Beech Grove Cemetery (Muncie, Indiana)

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Architectural style
  
Area
  
42 ha

Phone
  
+1 765-741-1352

NRHP Reference #
  
99000734

Year built
  
1841

Added to NRHP
  
25 June 1999

Beech Grove Cemetery (Muncie, Indiana)

Location
  
1400 W. Kilgore Ave.Muncie, Indiana

Architect
  
Cuno Kibele;Marshall S. Mahurin

Address
  
1400 W Kilgore Ave, Muncie, IN 47305, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PM

Burials
  
John Ottis Adams, William P. Halliday, William J. Carson

Similar
  
Minnetrista, Carnegie Library, David Owsley Museum, YWCA, Roberts Hotel

Beech Grove Cemetery is a large historical cemetery and national historic district located at Muncie, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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Background information

Beech Grove Cemetery was established in 1841 and is a municipal facility supported by a combination of private and public funding. The entrance gate, completed in 1904, was designed by noted architect Marshall S. Mahurin. The Gothic Revival style administration building was added in 1921-1923. It was renovated in 1974 and redecorated in 1991. The earliest mausoleum dates to 1904.

The cemetery is governed by a board of directors, whose members are appointed by the Muncie City Council. The Muncie Public Library is partnered with the Beech Grove Cemetery and has an online database of all their burials. It is a part of the Muncie / Delaware County Digital Resource Library. There are over 42,000 burials.

Notable burials

  • The five Ball Brothers, founders of the Ball Corporation
  • Congressman George W. Cromer (1856-1936)
  • Congressman Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847)
  • References

    Beech Grove Cemetery (Muncie, Indiana) Wikipedia


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