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Laurel Hill Cemetery
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William Warner memorial sculpted by Alexander Milne Calder
Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Location in Pennsylvania
Location 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built 1836-1839
Architect John Notman
Architectural style Exotic Revival, Gothic, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 77001185
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Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 28, 1977

Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. It is a National Historic Landmark. It is near the Schuylkill River. It is 3.5 miles north of Philadelphia.

A group of wealthy people from Philadelphia wanted a cemetery outside the city. They found a place for it in Laurel Hill. It used to be owned by a businessman named Joseph Sims. Building of the cemetery started in 1836. It was finished in 1839. The Scottish architect John Notman designed the cemetery. It was his first commission. There is a chapel. It is made in the Gothic architecture style.

Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Hale, George G. Meade, John C. Pemberton, and many other famous people, are buried there.

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  • Baeder Mausoleum with Childs and Fields in the rear, Laurel Hill Cemetery

    Mausoleums along "Millionaire's Row"

  • River terrace section of Laurel Hill Cemetery

    The cemetery was designed by John Notman with strings of terraces that descend to the Schuylkill River

  • Old Mortality LH Philly

    The statuary group known as Old Mortality is based on a tale by Sir Walter Scott and is displayed directly in front of the main gatehouse

  • Yellow Fever Memorial in Laurel Hill Cemetery

    The Yellow Fever Memorial was built in 1855 to honor the Philadelphia "Doctors, Druggists and Nurses" who helped fight the epidemic in Portsmouth, Virginia

  • Laurel Hill Cemetery Advertisement (1904)

    Laurel Hill Cemetery Advertisement from 1904

  • Adrian Balboa headstone

    Headstone for the fictional character Adrian Balboa from the Rocky movie franchise

  • Disston tomb LH Philly

    The Henry Disston family mausoleum is the largest monument in Laurel Hill

  • William J. Mullen Monument

    The monument for William J. Mullen was built by Daniel Kornbau and exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition

  • Harry Kalas permanent grave marker

    The gravesite of Harry Kalas, Philadelphia Phillies radio broadcaster, includes a microphone shaped tombstone and two pairs of seats from Veterans Stadium

  • Mother and Twins, Laurel Hill

    The Mother and Twins Monument was carved by Polish sculptor Henry Dmochowski-Saunders. It depicts his deceased wife Helena Schaff and their two deceased children

  • Elisha Kent Kane mausoleum and historical plaque

    Polar explorer Elisha Kent Kane was interred in the family's hillside tomb

  • Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

    Sculpture on William Warner memorial by Alexander Milne Calder depicting a woman releasing a soul from a sarcophagus

  • MatthiasBaldwinGrave

    Memorial for Matthias W. Baldwin, Founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works

  • Robert Patterson memorial and tombstone

    Memorial for Robert Patterson, Union general during the Civil War

  • HC Lea grave LH Philly

    The tomb of historian Henry Charles Lea is adorned with a bronze sculpture of Clio, the muse of history, by Alexander Stirling Calder

  • LouisAGodeyGrave

    Memorial for Louis Antoine Godey, editor and publisher of Godey's Lady's Book

  • Soldiers Home Memorial in Laurel Hill Cemetery

    "The Silent Sentry" was stolen from Mount Moriah Cemetery in 1970 but was recovered and rededicated in Laurel Hill in 2013.

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