Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis, Ind.)
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Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis, Ind.)
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Description
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Greenlawn Cemetery was the principal cemetery for Indianapolis at the time Crown Hill was established.
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"Concern over Greenlawn’s limited acreage and lack of care spurred the creation of a 30-member Board of Corporators that established Crown Hill. Civil War dead caused Greenlawn to become full, so Crown Hill Cemetery was created because of and during the Civil War.
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"The land selected for the cemetery was considered some of the most beautiful in Marion County. From 842-foot Crown Hill, so named because it was the “crowning hill among all hills in Marion County,” visitors encountered an extraordinary view of Indianapolis and the surrounding countryside.
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"The board contracted with John Chislett, a landscape architect from Pittsburgh, to design the cemetery shortly after it purchased 274 acres of land for $51,000. The following spring, his son Frederick Chislett supervised the development of seven burial sections and remained the cemetery’s first supervisor for the next 30 years, after which his own son, also named John, succeeded him. Lucy Ann Seaton became the first interment on June 2, 1864, one day following the cemetery’s dedication." --from the Crown Hill Foundation website
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Has beginning
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25 Sep 1863
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Full address
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700 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208
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Latitude
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39.82004
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Longitude
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-86.17139
