Brooke Cemetery - Wellsburg, West Virginia - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Brooke Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was founded in 1857. It includes several notable examples of funerary art in its headstones, above ground crypts, and mausolea dating to the 19th and early 20th century. It was designed by John Chislett, who also designed Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

- Wikipedia

The cemetery with a couple thousand graves spread across the rolling hillside is well maintained. The cemetery is the final resting place for Patrick Gass, the last surviving member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Street address: 2200 Pleasant Ave. Wellsburg, West Virginia County / Borough / Parish: Brooke Year listed: 1986 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Historic function: Funerary Current function: Funerary Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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