Highland Lawn Cemetery - Terre Haute, IN
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N 39° 28.547 W 087° 20.955
16S E 469961 N 4369634
Quick Description: Opened in 1884, many significant deceased members of the Terre Haute community rest in Highland Lawn Cemetery.
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 1/3/2009 6:35:48 PM
Waymark Code: WM5GDX
Views: 10
Long Description:
From the city website (secondary link below): "Highland Lawn,
was opened in 1884 and has 139 acres. The first person buried was
Samantha McPherson, age thirty, who died of typhoid fever. She was
buried on October 29, 1884 in Section 2, Lot 6. There are
twenty-three sections in Highland Lawn Cemetery.
The chapel was built in 1893 at a cost of $10,000.00. It was
designed by architect, Jesse A. Vrydaugh. It is a fine example of
"Richardsonian Romanesque" architecture popular from the early
1870's to 1900. The chapel was renovated in 1987 and was completed
in March of 1988.
There are single and double monuments in the cemeteries. The
larger the monument the more prominent, or more wealthy, the
family. Section 18 is the only section with a limit on the size of
the marker, where they are restricted to flat markers.
The mausoleums in the cemeteries are individually owned. They are
of varying size with some having the capabilities of holding as
many as sixteen. Some of these mausoleums were constructed over 100
years ago. They are constructed of granite and marble, and built on
the lot.
The Heidenreich Company built the Bell Tower in 1894. The gateway
arch was contracted to Edward Hazledine. The Terre Haute Stone
Company did the stone work. A Rest House was built attached to the
gate. This was built in accordance with the general scheme of the
gate and is considered an architectural gem. It is the design of
W.H. Floyd of Terre Haute, patterned in the Colonial architecture
style. It is thirty-six feet long and nineteen feet wide. Our
current office was originally built in 1909 as the Old Interurban
Trolley Car Waiting Station and was later converted into an
office.
Highland Lawn was placed on the National Register and State
Registry of Historic Places in 1991. It is recognized as one of the
most beautiful cemeteries in the country and the second largest in
the state of Indiana.
Highland Lawn is an outstanding example of late 19th century
Romantic (Victorian) landscape design. It is also significant for
its Romanesque architecture. Designed in 1884 by Joseph Earnshaw,
Highland Lawn exhibits the typical characteristics and details of
Romantic landscapes; graceful, meandering paths, extensive
plantings and grouping of trees and shrubs, and the selective
placement of lakes, vistas, and open spaces. Earnshaw's design
concept for the cemetery was the "lawn plan" in which existing
landscape took precedence over the erection of large monuments. The
cemetery also contains a number of remarkable examples of artistic
landscape design and sculpture that reflect the 19th century use of
funerary art as a demonstration of social standing. Today much of
the original landscape design remains in tact and is well respected
and maintained by the city of Terre Haute. The original plan can be
seen in the Bell Tower."
Street address:
4520 Wabash Ave
Terre Haute, IN USA
47803
County / Borough / Parish: Vigo County
Year listed: 1990
Historic significance: Architecture/Engineering
Period of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Funerary
Current function: Funerary
[U.S.] National Register of Historic Places URL: [Web Link]
Website (secondary): [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
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