Greenlawn Cemetery (Franklin, Indiana)
Greenlawn Cemetery | |
Greenlawn Cemetery, May 2013 | |
| Location | 100 W. South St., Franklin, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′40″N 86°03′36″W / 39.47778°N 86.06000°W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000421[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 2013 |
Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. It is a landscape-lawn style cemetery established in 1845, and contains roughly 15,000 burials. Located in the cemetery is a small Gothic Revival style chapel (1878, now cemetery office) and the Romanesque Revival Main Mausoleum (1911).
Notable burials at Greenlawn include US Congressman William W. Wick (1796–1868), Governor Roger D. Branigin (1902–1975), Mayor Lemuel Ertus Slack (1874–1952), and Hall of Fame basketball player Fuzzy Vandivier (1903–1983).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/24/13 Through6/28/13. National Park Service. July 5, 2013.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Wallis Wyckoff McMillin and Rebecca Smith (October 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenlawn Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.