Property Record
1101 Cemetery Rd
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Oak Hill Cemetery |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 237425 |
Location (Address): | 1101 Cemetery Rd |
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County: | Walworth |
City: | Lake Geneva |
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Year Built: | 1880 |
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Survey Date: | 20182019 |
Historic Use: | cemetery |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Oak Hill Cemetery |
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National Register Listing Date: | 4/26/2021 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/20/2020 |
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Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. The file is named "Oak Hill Cemetery." It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. AHI# 67000, AHI# 67003, AHI# 67004, AHI# 67005, AHI# 237425 2019: Established in 1880 and located on its original forty rolling acres on the north side of the City of Lake Geneva, Oak Hill Cemetery is a cohesive historic landscape representative of the Rural Cemetery Movement that became fashionable in the United States between the early 1830s and about 1900. The property is defined by its network of gently curving pathways, its rolling topography, its wooded landscape, and its wide variety of grave markers and monuments that range in size and complexity from modest stone slabs to grand obelisks and mausoleums. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |