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NRHP Reference #
  
04000957

Phone
  
+1 229-333-1815

Added to NRHP
  
10 September 2004

Area
  
27 ha

Year built
  
1861

Sunset Hill Cemetery

Location
  
110 N Oak St, Valdosta, Georgia

Address
  
1100 N Oak St, Valdosta, GA 31601, USA

Architectural styles
  
Renaissance architecture, Neoclassicism

Sunset Hill Cemetery, located northwest of the intersection of North Oak Street and West Mary Street, is the oldest cemetery in Valdosta.

Contents

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Notable burials

These are some of the notable people interred in the cemetery:

  • Colonel William S. West, 1849ā€1914. Builder of The Crescent (also listed as a National Historic Landmark in Lowndes County) and United States Senator. Section B204, Block Lā€2, Lot 243.
  • History

    The cemetery was established in 1861 when former local postmaster Charles Ogden Force donated 30 acres (12 ha) to the city for this purpose. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 2004.

    References

    Sunset Hill Cemetery Wikipedia


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