Oakwood Cemetery - Syracuse, NY
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N 43° 01.916 W 076° 07.765
18T E 407990 N 4764979
This cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMW6M0
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2017
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"Its importance today derives from its largely intact plan, created by New York City landscape gardener, Howard Daniels (1815-1863), to conform to the then-popular picturesque ideal in landscape design. "
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"The original 92 acre cemetery was about 2/3 forest and originally only about 32 acres were used for burials." "By 1976 Oakwood Cemetery and Morningside Cemetery have formally consolidated. " "Today the Oakwood Cemetery is the largest in Syracuse, with a size of about 160 acres. The cemetery has hundreds of old historic family plots and monuments."