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Architectural style
  
Gothic

Designated PHMC
  
September 30, 1990

Phone
  
+1 717-234-8661

Added to NRHP
  
7 March 1985

NRHP Reference #
  
85000866

Area
  
14 ha

Year built
  
1845

Harrisburg Cemetery

Location
  
13th and Liberty Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Address
  
521 N 13th St, Harrisburg, PA 17103, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–4:30PMFriday8:30AM–4:30PMSaturday8:30AM–4:30PMSunday8:30AM–4:30PMMonday8:30AM–4:30PMTuesday8:30AM–4:30PMWednesday8:30AM–4:30PMThursday8:30AM–4:30PM

Burials
  
Lavinia Dock, George Wolf, William Findlay, Charles C. Davis, Emily Gilliard Dock, Joseph F. Knipe, Laura Douglas Dock

Similar
  
East Harrisburg Cemetery, Simon Cameron House, Greenwood Cemetery, National Civil War Museum, City Island

Harrisburg cemetery


Harrisburg Cemetery, formerly known as Mount Kalmia Cemetery, is a prominent cemetery and national historic district in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located at 13th and Liberty streets in the Allison Hill/East Harrisburg neighborhoods of the city. It was officially founded in 1845, although interments took place for many years before. The cemetery is also the burial ground for American Revolutionary War soldiers.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Harrisburg cemetery


Notable burials

  • George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), prominent American sculptor, he completed several figures for the new state capitol in 1912.
  • John Conrad Bucher (1792–1844), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • James Donald Cameron (1833–1918), American politician, son of Simon Cameron; served as Secretary of War and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
  • Simon Cameron (1799–1889), American politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln.
  • Charles C. Davis (1830–1909), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War.
  • William Findlay (1768–1846), governor of Pennsylvania; later served as director of the U.S. Mint.
  • John White Geary (1819–1873), first mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania, and Union general in the American Civil War.
  • Richard Jacobs Haldeman (1831–1886), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • John Andre Hanna (1762–1805), United States Representative from Pennsylvania; delegate to the State convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution; appointed brigadier general during Whisky Insurrection of 1793.
  • Robert Harris (Pennsylvania) (1768–1851), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Cousin to John Harris.
  • John Christian Kunkel (1816–1870), Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; grandfather of John Crain Kunkel.
  • John Crain Kunkel (1898–1970), US Congressman.
  • Vance C. McCormick (1872–1946), politician and prominent businessman; appointed chair by President Woodrow Wilson of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
  • Benjamin Franklin Meyers (1833–1918), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • William Henry Miller (1829–1870), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Jesse Miller (1800–1850), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Marlin Edgar Olmsted (1847–1913), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • John James Pearson (1800–1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and judge from Pennsylvania.
  • David Rittenhouse Porter (1788–1867), Pennsylvania Governor.
  • Luther Reily (1794–1854), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Charles "Dutch" Schesler (1900–1953), Major League Baseball Player.
  • John Winebrenner (1797–1860), Religious leader, founder of the first Church of God in Pennsylvania.
  • George Wolf (1777–1840), Governor of Pennsylvania.

    • References

    Harrisburg Cemetery Wikipedia
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