Toledo’s Woodlawn Cemetery (Images of America)

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Historic Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum, founded in 1876, has provided a final resting place for thousands of individuals. The story of the cemetery and arboretum provides an in-depth have a look at Toledo as it developed from a small port on the Great Lakes to a massive manufacturing center all over the first 50 years of the cemetery’s existence. Images of The united states: Toledo’s Woodlawn Cemetery presents the heavy hitters whose success in life allowed them to construct essentially the most elaborate mausoleums and monuments reflecting turn-of-the-century interest in Egyptian art and Greek architecture. Others resting on the cemetery stumbled upon fame, including the humble railroad ticket agent who used to be honored in death with a colossal 30-foot pyramid, possibly essentially the most celebrated of all of the monuments in the cemetery. Placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, historic Woodlawn Cemetery traces the storied past of Toledo.

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