Property Record
1542 S WEBSTER AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WOODLAWN CEMETERY BUILDING |
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| Reference Number: | 223244 |
| Location (Address): | 1542 S WEBSTER AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery building/monument |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Woodlawn Cemetery was established as a non-profit, non-sectarian cemetery by Henry S. Baird, H. Eugene Eastman, Charles D. Robinson, Daniel W. King, Timothy O. Howe, Nathan Goodell, Frank Desnoyers, and Burley Follett in 1856. However, the burial grounds were not officially purchased by the organization until 1867. The seventy plots comprising the original burial ground were located in the City of Green Bay’s Baird Park, but were relocated to Woodlawn Cemetery in 1867. A water system was installed at the cemetery in 1895. The cemetery’s entrance was relocated from Monroe Avenue to Webster Avenue in 1908. At this time the Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care organization was also instated to maintain the grounds. The Woodlawn Cemetery Building, a brick funerary building, was constructed in the cemetery during the early-twentieth century. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "Green Bay History in Woodlawn Cemetery.” |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |