Homewood Cemetery

Homewood Cemetery

Homewood Cemetery is a historic, nonsectarian burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Squirrel Hill and is bordered by both Frick Park and the neighborhood of Point Breeze.

It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins’ convert|650|acre|km2|sing=on estate, Homewood.

Notable interments

*David Lytle Clark (1864–1939), businessman, creator of Clark Bar & Zagnut
*William Flinn (1851–1924), politician
*Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist, founder of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*Helen Clay Frick (1888–1984), philanthropist
*Henry P. Ford (1837–1905), Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1896–1899
*Erroll Garner (1921–1977), jazz pianist and composer
*Teenie Harris (1908–1998), photographer
*H. J. Heinz II (1908–1987), industrialist
*H. John Heinz III (1938–1991), United States Senator
*George Hetzel (1826–1829), portrait and lanscaper painter
*John Barrett Kerfoot (1816–1881), first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh
*George Mesta (1862–1925), creator of the world's most versatile machinery works and the largest under one roof for its time
*Perle Mesta (1889–1975), as a widow she became a noted Washington, D.C. socialite and was named Ambassador to Luxembourg in 1949.
*Stephen Varzaly (1890–1957), leading priest, journalist, and cultural activist

Sports figures
*Chuck Coooper (1926-1984) First African-American to be drafted into the NBA.
*Bill Bishop (1869–1932, professional baseball player
*Pie Traynor (1899–1972), baseball Hall of Famer
*Jock Sutherland (1889–1948), football coach

References

*cite book | author=Kidney, Walter C. | title=Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-916670-18-X

ee also

* List of cemeteries
* List of cemeteries in the United States

External links

* [http://www.thehomewoodcemetery.com Main Homewood Cemetery website]
* [http://www.homewoodcemetery.org Historical website]


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