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1. • • Cleveland's Riverside Cemetery, founded in 1876, was established in part to address the growing population on the city's West Side. Today Riverside takes pride in being a quiet and inclusive resting place for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Cemeteries are more than burial grounds for those who have passed on.
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   Did Cleveland have a cemetery?

   • Cleveland owned yet another cemetery, now eroded, on Lake Erie's shore in Lake County, bought in 1850 as a mass grave for victims of the Griffith steamboat explosion. From 1868-91, by Ohio law, Cleveland's cemeteries were governed by 3 elected trustees.

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   Is Lake View Cleveland's oldest cemetery?

   • From its beginning, Lake View stood out among Cleveland cemeteries. It’s not the oldest — it was preceded by neighborhood burial plots and churchyard cemeteries, and in 1826 by the Erie Street Cemetery downtown. But its construction was significant. It was to be a grand cemetery befitting the residents of a growing, major American city.

   Lake View Cemetery: Eternal home to Cleveland's most famous residents

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   How many famous graves are there in Cleveland?

   • Within the cemetery's 285 acres is the history of Cleveland, ranging from early industrialists who built the city to political leaders to sports and cultural legends. Take a look at 15 famous graves. James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. president

   These 15 grave markers tell stories of Cleveland's history (photos)

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   How many cemeteries are there in Cleveland TN?

   • Between 1870-95, 14 townships built vaults for winter storage of the dead. As municipalities engulfed townships, their cemeteries became city property, E. Cleveland Twp. (1859) excepted (though within Cleveland, this cemetery is overseen by CLEVELAND HTS. and E. CLEVELAND). Cleveland operates 10 cemeteries.

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   Does Lake View Cemetery welcome all Clevelanders?

   • Eternal neighbors at Lake View Cemetery. But as Cleveland’s historic cemetery celebrates its 150th anniversary with a year of celebrations and events, President and CEO Katharine Goss is out to spread the word that Lake View welcomes all Clevelanders, from all walks of life.

   Lake View Cemetery: Eternal home to Cleveland's most famous residents

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   What was the first Rural Cemetery in Cleveland?

   • Holden suggested the spot to the Lake View Cemetery Association as the perfect place for the cemetery they were planning. The Association bought the 211-acre spot and transformed it into the first rural cemetery in Cleveland. The rural cemetery movement in the United States began on the East Coast during the early nineteenth century.

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   Aug 17, 2016 · CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Founded in 1869, Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Heights is the final resting place for Cleveland's rich and famous. Within the cemetery's 285 acres is the history of...

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   Mar 20, 2020 · Woodland Cemetery is one of Cleveland’s oldest, but it’s located in a neighborhood that doesn’t get a lot of love. After years of neglect, the front door of this 167-year-old site is getting a facelift.

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   Jun 30, 2019 · Lake View was inspired by the park-like cemeteries of Victorian England and continental Europe. The legendary Père Lachaise cemetery, which opened in 1804 in Paris, the largest and first...

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   Oct 29, 2016 · In 1967, the cemetery sued the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and University Heights, alleging that their inadequate sewer systems were leading to the flooding of the Dugway Brook, which runs through the center of Lake View.

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   Jan 25, 2016 · The Lakeview Cemetery, established in 1869, was Cleveland’s first rural cemetery. The 285-acre cemetery was located on the outskirts of the city in a location known for dramatic natural landscapes enhanced by a sloping site, streams, ponds, artful plantings, and carfully designed monuments.