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Established
  
1850

Type
  
Non-denominational

Find a Grave
  
Woodward Hill Cemetery

Founded
  
1850

Added to NRHP
  
24 February 2005

Country
  
United States

Size
  
32 acres (13 ha)

Address
  
Lancaster, PA 17603, USA

Phone
  
+1 717-392-5581

Woodward Hill Cemetery

Location
  
Bounded by Strawberry, South Queen, and Chesapeake Streets; Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Hours
  
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Burials
  
James Buchanan, Frederick Muhlenberg

Similar
  
Wheatland, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Old North Cemetery, Buchanan's Birthplace State Park, Landis Valley Museum

Woodward Hill Cemetery is a 32-acre historic rural or garden cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Trinity Lutheran Church of Lancaster in 1850, but became a non-denominational cemetery in 1856. It is known for being the burial place of James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. In 2005 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Notable interments

  • James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States
  • Oliver James Dickey, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1869 to 1873
  • Jacob Eichholtz, portrait painter
  • William Walton Griest, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to his death in 1929
  • J. Roland Kinzer, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1930 to his death in 1947
  • Frederick Muhlenberg, member of the Continental Congress and the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  • Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, botanist and naturalist (identified the bog turtle), first President of Franklin College
  • John Andrew Shulze, sixth Daniel Strickler and nephew of Frederick Muhlenberg
  • Susan Kimmell Shulze, First Lady of Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829 and wife of John Andrew Shulze
  • Abraham Herr Smith, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1885.
  • Daniel Strickler, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1947–1951)

    • References

    Woodward Hill Cemetery Wikipedia
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