- Westview Cemetery
, is the largest cemetery in the South East, comprising over 582 acres, 50% of which is undeveloped. Westview includes the graves of more than 90,000 people. [http://www.southcarefuneralhome.com/westview_about_us.htm "Westview Cemetery, Inc."] ]
History
The land that would become Westview Cemetery was the site of a portion of the
Battle of Ezra Church , aCivil War battle. [ [http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/civil_war/atlanta/westview_area.html#BattleofEzraChurch "Battle of Ezra Church, Westview Cemetery"] ] The cemetery was established in 1884 onAtlanta 's west side whenOakland Cemetery was mostly filled out. Over 582 acres were purchased by a private corporation, headed by E. P. McBurney.Wesview Cemetery at one time had a "strict requirement that all who came there- both visitors and permanent residents- be white." [Kruse, Kevin M. "White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism", pg. 58, 2005, Princeton University Press]
Structures
* Westview Abby (Mausoleum and Chapel)
* The Receiving Tomb
* The Water TowerFamous Burials
*
Asa Candler , businessman, owner ofCoca-Cola
*Robert Woodruff , businessman, President ofCoca-Cola
* L.P. Grant
* the founders furniture retailers Haverty's &Rhodes
* The entire Adair Clan
*Joel Chandler Harris , newspaperman and author of "Uncle Remus "
*William Berry Hartsfield ,Mayor ofAtlanta
*James Douglas Edgar , golfer, winner of theCanadian Open
* Ivan Allen Jr.,Mayor ofAtlanta
*Henry Grady ,journalist andorator
*Arthur James Moore ,Bishop of theMethodist Episcopal Church
*Alice Hawthorn , victim of the 1996Centennial Olympic Park bombing
*Ralph Emerson McGill ,journalist andcivil rights leaderLocation and Contact Information
1680 Westview Dr SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 691-4124The office is open Monday thru Friday 8AM to 5PM and until 2PM on Saturday and is closed on Sunday. Gates are open from 8AM until 5:30PM every day.
The site is very close to the West Lake MARTA station.
Notes and references
ee also
*
List of oldest structures in Atlanta
*Westview Neighborhood
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