Evergreen Cemetery (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

	Evergreen Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Evergreen Cemetery
Location	Jct. of Center, University and Whiteside Sts., Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates	36°3′51″N 94°10′9″W / 36.06417°N 94.16917°W
Area	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built	1847
NRHP reference No.	97001279
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1997

Evergreen Cemetery, located at William and University Streets in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is one of the largest early historic cemeteries in the region, with burials dating to 1838. Evergreen is included in the National Register of Historic Places for its age, and because numerous important historical figures are buried there. These include Senator J. William Fulbright, Governor Archibald Yell, educator Sophia Sawyer, industrialist Lafayette Gregg, and many others.

The cemetery was founded as a private cemetery by John Thomas in the late 1830s or early 1840s. Later it was owned by the local Masonic Lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows chapter. These organizations deeded the cemetery to the city in 1871. It is currently owned and operated by the Fayetteville Evergreen Cemetery Association.^[2]

Internments

Walter J. Lemke, journalist and artist who led University of Arkansas' journalism program and for whom it is named
Sophia Sawyer, missionary and educator who found Fayetteville Female Seminary. She was re-interred at the cemetery^[3]

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "NRHP nomination for Evergreen Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
^ Her Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Evergreen Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-31.

[3] Her Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry

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