Allegheny Cemetery

Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest, oldest, and most picturesque burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

It is a nonsectarian, wooded hillside park located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood and bounded by Bloomfield, Garfield, and Stanton Heights. It is sited on the north-facing slope of hills above the Allegheny River.

Opened in 1845, the Allegheny Cemetery is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in America and has expanded over the years to now encompass 300 acres (1.2 km²).

Its design echoes the landscaped garden style of the Mount Auburn Cemetery near Boston, Massachusetts, considered one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the United States.

Allegheny Cemetery memorializes more than 100,000. Some of the oldest graves are of soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War, which were moved here from their original burial site at Pittsburgh's Trinity Cathedral downtown. Many notables from the city of Pittsburgh are buried here as well. The cemetery was amongst those profiled in the PBS documentary "A Cemetery Special".

Notable interments

*Joshua Barney (1759-1818); Commodore in the United States Navy and American Revolutionary War veteran
*Don Brockett, Chef Brockett on the PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
*General John Neville (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War veteran
*Ebenezer Denny (1761–1822), first mayor of Pittsburgh, American Revolutionary War veteran
*Walter Forward (1786–1852), United States Secretary of the Treasury
*Harmar Denny (1794–1852), U.S. Congressman
*Thomas Williams (1806–1872), Civil War congressman, prosecutor in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
*John Baptiste Ford (1811–1903), industrialist, founder of PPG Industries and Ford City, Pennsylvania
*Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), founder of Mellon Bank
*Jane Swisshelm (1815–1884), journalist, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate
*General Alexander Hays (1819–1869)
*Stephen Foster (1826–1864), songwriter
*General James S. Negley (1826–1901), Civil War general and U.S. Congressman
*Henry Kirke Porter (1840–1921)
*Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his gruesome death caused by consumption of the radioactive patent medicine Radithor.
*Andrew Mellon (1855–1937), banker and United States Secretary of the Treasury, and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*Lillian Russell (1861–1922), singer, actress
*Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879–1912), aviation pioneer
*Gus Greenlee (1893–1952)
*Josh Gibson (1911–1947), baseball great of the Negro Leagues
*Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000), jazz musician
*Louis Semple Clarke (1867-1957); automotive pioneer, founder of the Autocar Company and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*James McCord (1822-1894); millionaire owner of the oldest hattery west of the Allegheny Mountains and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*Harry Kendall Thaw, (Feb 12, 1871-Feb 22, 1947); murderer of architect Stanford White, husband of Evelyn Nesbit
*Benjamin Thaw (March 14, 1859 – August 9, 1933); Pittsburgh financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*Calvin Wells (December 26, 1827 - August 2, 1909); industrialist, financier and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
* Henry Sellers McKee (March 5, 1843 – June 10, 1924); millionaire glass manufacturer, founder of Jeannette, Pennsylvania and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
* John Caldwell, Jr. (1827 – 1902) George Westinghouse partner and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*James Hay Reed (September 10, 1853–June 17, 1927); founding partner, Knox & Reed (now Reed Smith LLP), and member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
*The unidentified remains of 54 victims of the 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion.

External links

* [http://www.alleghenycemetery.com Allegheny Cemetery Official website]

ee also

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

References

* cite book
last = Kidney | first = Walter C.
title = Allegheny Cemetery: A Romantic Landscape in Pittsburgh
location= Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
year = 1990
id = ISBN 0-916670-14-7