Woodward Hill Cemetery

Woodward Hill Cemetery
Details
The grave of President James Buchanan
Established	1850
Location	Bounded by Strawberry, South Queen, and Chesapeake Streets; Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°1′34″N 76°18′6″W / 40.02611°N 76.30167°W / 40.02611; -76.30167Coordinates: 40°1′34″N 76°18′6″W / 40.02611°N 76.30167°W / 40.02611; -76.30167
Type	Non-denominational
Size	32 acres (13 ha)
Find a Grave	Woodward Hill Cemetery
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Woodward Hill Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NRHP Reference #	05000098^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 2005

Woodward Hill Cemetery is a 32-acre historic rural or garden cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Trinity Lutheran Church of Lancaster in 1850, but became a non-denominational cemetery in 1856. It is known for being the burial place of James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. In 2005 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Notable interments

James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States
Oliver James Dickey, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1869 to 1873
Jacob Eichholtz, portrait painter^[3]
William Walton Griest, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to his death in 1929
J. Roland Kinzer, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1930 to his death in 1947
Frederick Muhlenberg, member of the Continental Congress and the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives^[3]
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, botanist and naturalist (identified the bog turtle), first President of Franklin College^[3]
John Andrew Shulze, sixth Daniel Strickler and nephew of Frederick Muhlenberg
Susan Kimmell Shulze, First Lady of Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829 and wife of John Andrew Shulze
Abraham Herr Smith, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1885.
Daniel Strickler, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1947–1951)^[4]

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Schuyler, David (2004). "Woodward Hill Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
1 2 3 Brubaker, Jack (2014-10-31). "Noted portrait painter Eichholtz deserves grave recognition". Lancaster Online. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
↑ Simmons, Rose (1992-07-01). "Daniel Strickler, 95, Veteran Of Four Wars". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-08-07.

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