Wythe in Newport News, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Greenlawn Cemetery
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 6, 2021
1. Greenlawn Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Greenlawn Cemetery. . Developed by the Newport News Cemetery Corporation in 1888. 50 acres were laid out at the convergence of Mill Dam Creek and Salters Creek to serve as the new town's first public cemetery. Its landscape with five miles of serpentine roads reflects the 19th century park style of cemetery which gradually replaced family farm and church graveyards. Within the central core are interred many of the community's pioneer citizens. In 1900, a 25' obelisk was erected to mark the mass grave of 163 Confederate POWs who died in 1865 at nearby Camp Butler. One quadrant of the park is dedicated to Greek citizens. Adjacent to Greenlawn is Pleasant Shade where many notable African American citizens have been laid to rest. There have been approximately 20,000 burials in the memorial park, which features distinctive examples of Victorian cemetery art and a 1936 Sears catalogue home as the office building. In 1999, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Developed by the Newport News Cemetery Corporation in 1888. 50 acres were laid out at the convergence of Mill Dam Creek and Salters Creek to serve as the new town's first public cemetery. Its landscape with five miles of serpentine roads reflects the 19th century park style of cemetery which gradually replaced family farm and church graveyards. Within the central core are interred many of the community's pioneer citizens. In 1900, a 25' obelisk was erected to mark the mass grave of 163 Confederate POWs who died in 1865 at nearby Camp Butler. One quadrant of the park is dedicated to Greek citizens. Adjacent to Greenlawn is Pleasant Shade where many notable African American citizens have been laid to rest. There have been approximately 20,000 burials in the memorial park, which features distinctive examples of Victorian cemetery art and a 1936 Sears catalogue home as the office building. In 1999, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
36° 59.5′ N, 76° 24.082′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in Wythe. It is on Parish Avenue just north of 28th Street (Virginia Route 143), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1445 28th St, Newport News VA 23607, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula, in Hampton Roads, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 6, 2021
2. Greenlawn Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 897 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
