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Oak Ridge Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Location: 1441 Monument Ave., Springfield, Illinois Coordinates: 39°49′25″N 89°39′28″W / 39.82361°N 89.65778°WCoordinates: 39°49′25″N 89°39′28″W / 39.82361°N 89.65778°W Area: 137 acres (55 ha) Built: 1855 Architect: Saunders, William Architectural style: Classical Revival, Romanesque Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 95000986
[1]Added to NRHP: August 4, 1995 Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois in the United States.
Lincoln's Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.
As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.[2]
The Cemetery has memorials for the Korean War, World War II and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Contents
Notable burials
- William Henry Bissell
- Jacob Bunn
- John Whitfield Bunn
- John Cook
- Shelby Moore Cullom
- Ninian Edwards
- William Lee D. Ewing
- William Herndon
- Elijah Iles
- William Jayne
- John J.H. Kelly (Medal of Honor)
- Robert Carr Lanphier
- John L. Lewis
- Abraham Lincoln - Sixteenth President; during the Civil War
- Mary Todd Lincoln - Abraham's wife
- Vachel Lindsay
- John Alexander McClernand
- Alfred Orendorff
- John T. Stuart - U.S. Congressman, lawyer, law partner of Abraham Lincoln
- John Riley Tanner
- Arthur Harrison Wilson (Medal of Honor)
- Rev. John Calvin Rice
Gallery
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Korean War Memorial
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Close up of Korean War Memorial
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Battle of Chosin Reservoir Memorial
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Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Vietnam War Memorial close up
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World War II Memorial
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The European Theater side of the World War II Memorial
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Lincoln's Tomb
Burial room -
Lincoln's Tomb
Custodian's Residence -
Governor John Riley Tanner's tomb
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ www.graveyards.com
External links
- Oak Ridge Cemetery - City of Springfield
- Graveyards.com - photos
- Find a Grave - Oak Ridge Cemetery
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- Cemeteries in Illinois
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- Abraham Lincoln
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