Laurelwood Cemetery


Laurelwood Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Laurelwood Cemetery, March 2012
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Location	Bordered by Laurel, W. White, Stewart, and W. Main Sts., Rock Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°55′55″N 81°1′59″W / 34.93194°N 81.03306°W / 34.93194; -81.03306Coordinates: 34°55′55″N 81°1′59″W / 34.93194°N 81.03306°W / 34.93194; -81.03306
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1872 (1872)
Architect	Draper, Earle S.
NRHP Reference #	08000746^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 31, 2008

Laurelwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was established in 1872, and was the first municipal cemetery of Rock Hill. It contains over 11,414 marked grave sites and includes variety of funerary art including a few raised stone tombs and a number of obelisks, table markers, spheres, and other forms. The cemetery also includes a Confederate monument and a memorial to veterans of the World War I.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Paul Gettys (June 2008). "Laurelwood Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
↑ "Laurelwood Cemetery, York County (Bordered by Laurel, W. White, Stewart, and W. Main Sts., Rock Hill)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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