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Pleasant Lawn Cemetery

Coordinates: 43°24′07″N 76°08′26″W / 43.40194°N 76.14056°W / 43.40194; -76.14056
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Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is located in New York
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is located in the United States
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
LocationNY 69A, Parish, New York
Coordinates43°24′07″N 76°08′26″W / 43.40194°N 76.14056°W / 43.40194; -76.14056
Area11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
ArchitectGranger, Merton Elwood
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.05001125[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 5, 2005

Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Parish in Oswego County, New York. It was first used as a burial ground in 1814 and formally incorporated in 1871. Within the boundaries of this contributing site are three contributing buildings; a 19th-century receiving vault, the Mills-Petrie Mausoleum of 1899, and the Mills-Petrie Chapel of 1917. The earliest gravestones date from 1825.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

US Representative Hadwen C. Fuller (1895–1990) is buried there.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Anthony Opalka (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pleasant Lawn Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".
  3. ^ Parish – Half-Shire Historical Society
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