Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. It opened during the Civil War in 1863, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874.

The Cemetery covers more than 160 ha and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people. Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to some unique memorials, some designed by famous American architects: McKim, Mead & White, John Russell Pope, James Gamble Rogers, Cass Gilbert, Carrère and Hastings, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John La Farge. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth war graves – six British and Canadian servicemen of World War I and an airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force of World War II.

Address
New York, United States

Established
1863