Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

James Buchanan

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2012

1. James Buchanan Marker

Inscription. Lawyer, statesman, diplomat, and fifteenth President of United States, lies buried in this cemetery, about 350 yards southeast. His home, Wheatland, located on Marietta Avenue, is marked with a bronze tablet.

Erected 1950 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #15 James Buchanan, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists.

Location. 40° 1.762′ N, 76° 18.241′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on S. Queen Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in front of Woodward Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lancaster PA 17603, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, S.T.B. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sgt Joseph E Jackson (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lancaster's Historic Diversity (approx. half a mile away); Thaddeus Stevens (approx. half a mile away); Montgomery House

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); The Evangelic Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Frederick Steinman, Ph. B., LL. D. (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lancaster.

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Photographed by William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008

2. James Buchanan Marker

Marker at Woodward Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2012

3. Marker at Woodward Hill Cemetery

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2012

4. James Buchanan Marker

Marker is seen here from inside Woodward Hill Cemetery.

James Buchanan' Tomb image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008

5. James Buchanan' Tomb

Here rest the remains of
James Buchanan
Fifteenth President of the United States
Born in Franklin County, PA. April 23, 1791
Died at Wheatland, June 1, 1868

Full view of grave site. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008

6. Full view of grave site.

Grave is near the brick chapel. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008

7. Grave is near the brick chapel.

Entrance Gate to Woodward Hill Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008

8. Entrance Gate to Woodward Hill Cemetery.

James Buchanan image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015

9. James Buchanan

This 1859 portrait of James Buchanan by George P. A. Healy hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 26, 2022

10. James Buchanan Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,238 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 12, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3, 4. submitted on April 12, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 9. submitted on July 25, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 10. submitted on January 1, 2023, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California.