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Easton Cemetery

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NRHP Reference #
  
90001610

Year built
  
1849

Area
  
24 ha

Added to NRHP
  
25 October 1990

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Location
  
401 N. Seventh St., Easton, Pennsylvania

Architect
  
Sidney, James Charles; Sebring, William

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Gothic

Burials
  
George Taylor, James Madison Porter, Fred Ashton, Philip Johnson, Charles A. Wikoff

Easton Cemetery is a historic cemetery and burial site of many notable individuals, located in Easton, Pennsylvania.

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The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Easton Cemetery's parklike cemetery landscape design is based on the picturesque romantic styles of the early and late 19th century. Its landscape is set with thousands of examples of funeral artwork, in a variety of decorative styles, spanning Greco-Roman Revival, Gothic Victorian, and Art Deco. Established in 1849, Easton Cemetery is the earliest and best surviving example of a romantic parklike cemetery within the Lehigh Valley metro area. Architecturally noteworthy features include a Gothic Revival Gatehouse and office, stable, cemetery chapel, and a Gothic frame workshop.

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Notable burials

  • Fred Ashton (1931-2013)
  • Jefferson Davis Brodhead (1859-1920)
  • Richard Brodhead (1811-1863)
  • Thomas Coates (1803-1895), pioneer of American wind band music, bandleader 47th PA Inf. Regt. Band
  • Peter Ihrie, Jr. (1796-1871)
  • Philip Johnson (1818-1867)
  • William Sebring Kirkpatrick (1844-1932)
  • Howard Mutchler (1859-1916)
  • William Mutchler (1831-1893)
  • James Madison Porter (1793-1862)
  • James F. Randolph (1791-1872)
  • Joseph Fitz Randolph (1803-1873), represented New Jersey at large in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843.
  • Andrew Horatio Reeder (1807-1864)
  • Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827)
  • Henry Joseph Steele (1860-1933)
  • George Taylor (1716-1781)
  • David Douglas Wagener (1792-1860)
  • Charles A. Wikoff (1837-1898)
  • Conrad Meyer Zulick (1838-1926)
  • Samuel Morton Zulick (1824-1876)
  • References

    Easton Cemetery Wikipedia