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Phone
  
+1 412-421-1822

Homewood Cemetery

Address
  
1599 South Dallas Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Monday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturday8AM–3PMSundayClosed

Burials
  
Henry Clay Frick, Erroll Garner, H. John Heinz III

Similar
  
Allegheny Cemetery, Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Saint Mary Cemetery, Smithfield East End Cemetery

Homewood cemetery


Homewood Cemetery is a historic, nonsectarian burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery.

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It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins' 650-acre (2.6 km2) estate, Homewood.

2011 11 08 the history of the homewood cemetery


Notable interments

  • David Lytle Clark (1864–1939), businessman, creator of Clark Bar & Zagnut
  • Bertha Lamme Feicht (1869-1943), First female engineering graduate from Ohio State University and first female engineer to be employed by Westinghouse.
  • William Flinn (1851–1924), politician
  • Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist, founder of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
  • Childs Frick (1883-1965)- Anthropologist
  • Helen Clay Frick (1888–1984), philanthropist
  • Henry P. Ford (1837–1905), Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1896–1899
  • Erroll Garner (1921–1977), jazz pianist and composer
  • Teenie Harris (1908–1998), photographer
  • H. J. Heinz II (1908–1987), industrialist
  • H. John Heinz III (1938–1991), United States Senator
  • George Hetzel (1826–1899), portrait and landscape painter
  • Michael Late Benedum (1869-1959) businessman, co-founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company
  • John Barrett Kerfoot (1816–1881), first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh
  • Perle Mesta (1889–1975), Ambassador to Luxembourg 1949-53, and a noted Washington, D.C. socialite during Eisenhower and Nixon eras.
  • Alvin P. Shapiro (1920–1998), a physician and educator
  • Stephen Varzaly (1890–1957), priest, journalist, and cultural activist
  • Ernest T. Weir, founder of Weirton Steel and National Steel Corporation
  • William Wilkins (1779–1865), U.S. Senator

    • Sports figures

  • Chuck Cooper (1926–1984) First African-American to be drafted into the NBA
  • Bill Bishop (1869–1932, professional baseball player
  • Pie Traynor (1899–1972), baseball Hall of Famer
  • Jock Sutherland (1889–1948), football coach

    • References

    Homewood Cemetery Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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