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Georgetown, Washington, D.C. www.oakhillcemeterydc.org 3001 R St NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA Closed now Tuesday9AM–4:30PMWednesday9AM–4:30PMThursday9AM–4:30PMFriday9AM–4:30PMSaturday11AM–4PMSunday1–4PMMonday9AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit William Wilson Corcoran, Ben Bradlee, Albert Pike Van Ness Mausoleum, Congressional Cemetery, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Tudor Place, Montrose Park |
Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a garden cemetery. A large number of famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are buried at Oak Hill, and the cemetery has a number of Victorian-style memorials and monuments. Oak Hill has two structures which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel and the Van Ness Mausoleum.
Oak Hill began in 1848 as part of the rural cemetery movement, directly inspired by the success of Mount Auburn Cemetery, when William Wilson Corcoran (also founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art) purchased 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land. He then organized the Cemetery Company to oversee Oak Hill; it was incorporated by act of Congress on March 3, 1849.
Oak Hill's chapel was built in 1849 by noted architect James Renwick, who also designed the Smithsonian Institution's Castle on Washington Mall and St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. His one story rectangular chapel measures 23 by 41 feet (7×12 m) and sits on the cemetery's highest ridge. It is built of black granite, in Gothic Revival style, with exterior trim in the same red Seneca sandstone used for the Castle.
By 1851, landscape designer Captain George F. de la Roche finished laying out the winding paths and terraces descending into Rock Creek valley. When initial construction was completed in 1853, Corcoran had spent over $55,000 on the cemetery's landscaping and architecture.
Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893–1971), Secretary of State under President Harry Truman
Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), attorney for Lincoln assassination co-conspirator Mary Surratt
Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), founder of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Stephen Bloomer Balch (April 5, 1747 – September 7, 1833), Presbyterian minister and educator
Henry W. Barry (1840–1875), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army and Representative from Mississippi
Alice Birney (1858–1907), co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association
Benjamin C. Bradlee (August 6, 1921 – October 21, 2014), executive editor for the Washington Post
Glenn Brenner (1948–1992), Washington, D.C., sportscasting legend
Wilkinson Call (1834–1910), Senator from Florida
Frances Carpenter (1890–1972), photographer and writer
Samuel S. Carroll (1832–1893), U.S.Army general
Joseph Casey (1814–1879), Representative from Pennsylvania
Adolf Cluss (1825-1905), architect
William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888), banker and philanthropist
Richard Cutts (1771–1845), Representative from Massachusetts, Comptroller of the Treasury
Rachel Davies – see Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn) under "F"
Josiah Dent (1817–1899), third president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834), frontier minister and writer
William M. Dunn (1814–1887), Representative from Indiana, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army
John Eaton (1790–1856), Senator from Tennessee, Secretary of War
George Eustis Jr. (1828–1872), Representative from Louisiana
William Harrell Felton (1823–1909), politician, army surgeon, and Methodist minister
Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn) (1846–1915), Welsh-born minister
Uriah Forrest (1746–1805), Continental Congressman and Representative from Maryland
Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808–1876), Representative from Maine
Charles C. Glover (1846-1936), banker and philanthropist
Arthur Pue Gorman (1839–1906), Senator from Maryland
Katharine Graham (1917–2001), president of The Washington Post
Charles Griffin (1825–1867), Union general in the American Civil War
Peter V. Hagner (1815–1893), U.S. Army officer
John Harris (1793–1864), U.S. Marine Corps colonel and sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps
James P. Heath (1777–1854), Representative from Maryland
John J. Hemphill (1849–1912), Representative from South Carolina
Joseph Henry (1797–1878), first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), statistician and inventor
Samuel Hooper (1808–1875), Representative from Massachusetts
William H. Hunt (1823–1884), Secretary of the Navy
Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831–1879), Representative from Illinois
O.H. Irish (1830–1886), Chief, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, United States Department of the Treasury
Thomas S. Jesup (1788–1860), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army from 1818 to 1860
Philip Barton Key (1757–1815), Representative from Maryland
Philip Barton Key II (1815–1859), United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
William S. Lincoln (1813–1893), Representative from New York
John B. Montgomery (1794–1872), U.S. Navy officer during Mexican-American War and the American Civil War
Gale W. McGee (1915–1992), Senator from Wyoming, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Henrietta McKenney (1825-1887), painter
John R. McPherson (1833–1897), Senator from New Jersey
Richard Mohun (1864–1915), explorer and diplomat
Charles Morris (1784–1856), Commodore, U.S. Navy, an officer from 1799 to 1847, during Quasi-War, First Barbary War, Second Barbary War and War of 1812
John George Nicolay (1832–1901), private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln
Štefan Osuský (1889–1973), Slovak diplomat
Carlile Pollock Patterson (1816–1881), fourth superintendent of the United States Coast Survey
John Barton Payne (1855–1935), politician, lawyer, and judge and United States Secretary of the Interior
John Howard Payne (1791–1852), composer of "Home! Sweet Home!"
Paul J. Pelz (1841–1918), architect of the Library of Congress
George Peter (1779–1861), Representative from Maryland
George Peter (1829–1893), Maryland politician, son of George Peter (1779–1861)
Albert Pike (1809–1891), American attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason
Charles Pomeroy (1825–1891), Representative from Iowa
John Pool (1826–1884), Senator from North Carolina
William Radford (1808–1890), Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
Jesse L. Reno (1823–1862), U.S. Army officer from Virginia
Zalmon Richards (1811–1899), Educator and first president of the National Education Association
William Ledyard Rodgers (1860–1944), U.S. Navy admiral, and naval and military historian
Gustavus H. Scott (1812–1882), United States Navy rear admiral (exhumed in 1896 and reburied at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia)
Howard K. Smith (1914–2002), CBS and ABC newscaster; war correspondent; film star
Samuel Sprigg (c. 1783 – 1855), governor of Maryland
Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), Attorney General under President James Buchanan, Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln
Hestor L. Stevens (1803–1864), Representative from Michigan
Cornelius Stribling (1796–1880), United States Navy rear admiral, United States Naval Academy Superintendent
Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Lorenzo Thomas (1804–1875), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, acting Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson
Theodore Timby (1822–1909), inventor of the revolving turret first introduced on the Civil War ship USS Monitor, and many other inventions.
James True (1880-1946) Washington DC journalist.
James Noble Tyner (1826–1904), Representative from Indiana, Postmaster General under President Ulysses S. Grant
Henry Ulke (1821–1910), Portrait Painter, photographer, Entymologist; painted more than 100 portraits of high government officials. His portrait of Ulysses S. Grant hangs in the White House and others hang in the National Portrait Gallery. With brother Julius had photographic studio in Washington DC.
Robert J. Walker (1801–1869), Secretary of the Treasury, Senator from Mississippi
George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), Representative from Maryland, grand-nephew of George Washington
Edward Douglass White (1844–1921), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States
Cadmus M. Wilcox (1824–1890), U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War; Confederate general during the American Civil War
David Levy Yulee (1810–1886), Senator from Florida, first Jew to serve in the U.S. Senate
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