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Cedar Hill Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Cedar Hill Cemetery in 2016
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Location	105 Mahan St. (S of E. Constance Rd.), Suffolk, Virginia
Coordinates	36°44′15″N 76°34′47″W / 36.73750°N 76.57972°W / 36.73750; -76.57972
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1802 (1802)
Architect	John P. Hall Co.; Joseph Pollia.
Architectural style	Early Republic, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	05001584
VLR No.	133-5018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 1, 2006
Designated VLR	December 7, 2005

Cedar Hill Cemetery, also known as Green Hill Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing structures, one contributing site, and three contributing objects in the a city-owned, 25-acre, public cemetery dating to 1802. Grave markers within the cemetery date from the early 19th century to the present day. This cemetery is a representative example of public cemetery planning and funerary artwork found in southeast Virginia and Suffolk. The contributing structures include the Darden (1938), Hosier, Hill (1933) and Brewer-Godwin mausoleums and the contributing objects include the Confederate Monument (1889) and World War I Monument.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Notable burials

• Thomas H. Barnes (1831–1913), member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate
• Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820–1862 †), Civil War Confederate Brigadier General
• William Henry Haywood Jr. (1801–1852), US Senator
• Richard Hines (1792–1851), US Congressman
• Charles Manly (1795–1871). North Carolina Governor
• Sion Hart Rogers (1825–1874), US Congressman
• Absalom Tatom (1742–1802), US Congressman

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
3. Kimble A. David (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Hill Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2014. and Accompanying four photos
4. "Dr. Barnes' Funeral to Take Place Saturday". Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark. June 6, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Media related to Cedar Hill Cemetery (Suffolk, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons

• City of Suffolk Cemetery Brochure
• Cedar Hill Cemetery at Find a Grave

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