Boxwood Cemetery
Boxwood Cemetery | |
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Location | 3717 N. Gravel Rd., Medina, New York |
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Coordinates | 43°14′04″N 78°23′59″W / 43.23444°N 78.39972°WCoordinates: 43°14′04″N 78°23′59″W / 43.23444°N 78.39972°W |
Area | 19.39 acres (7.85 ha) |
Built | 1849 | , 1903, 1925
Built by | Harry Ellis |
Architect | Levan Merritt, Adam Garter, Albert L. Swett , Charles Ingersol |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 13000450[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 27, 2015 |
Boxwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Medina in Orleans County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1849, and is the resting place of many early settlers. The cemetery includes approximately 5,000 marked burials in the cemetery, spanning from 1849 until the present day. It features entranceways flanked by Medina sandstone columns and wrought-iron gates built in 1925. Located in the cemetery is a Gothic Revival style chapel built in 1903 of rough-cut red Medina sandstone.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/26/15 through 1/30/15. National Park Service. 2015-02-06.
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Todd Bensley and Jennifer Walkowski (September 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Boxwood Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs
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