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Ivy Hill Cemetery (Smithfield, Virginia)

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NRHP Reference #
  
07000275

Designated VLR
  
September 6, 2006

Phone
  
+1 757-268-5831

Added to NRHP
  
4 April 2007

VLR #
  
046-0002

Area
  
6 ha

Year built
  
1886

Ivy Hill Cemetery (Smithfield, Virginia)

Location
  
W of N. Church St., Smithfield, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Address
  
451 N Church St, Smithfield, VA 23430, USA

Similar
  
Historic St Luke's Church M, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Meadowb Memorial Gardens, Bacon's Castle, Greenlawn Cemetery

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and national historic district located at Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was established in 1886, and is a privately owned cemetery. Grave markers within the cemetery date from the mid-19th century to the present day. It includes a number of notable funerary monuments.

Notable burials include:

  • Pembroke Decatur Gwaltney (1836-1915), founder of the highly successful Gwaltney ham and peanut business
  • Congressman Joel Holleman (1799-1844)
  • Congressman Dr. John W. Lawson(1837-1905)
  • It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

    References

    Ivy Hill Cemetery (Smithfield, Virginia) Wikipedia