Woodward Hill Cemetery

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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

Location Bounded by Strawberry, South Queen, and Chesapeake Streets; Lancaster, Pennsylvania Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit 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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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.

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