Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan)

Historic site in Allegan County, Michigan, US

United States historic place


Oakwood Cemetery Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Arbor St., Allegan, Michigan
Coordinates	42°31′38″N 85°51′44″W / 42.52722°N 85.86222°W / 42.52722; -85.86222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920
Built by	E. Haines
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Allegan MRA
NRHP reference No.	87000261
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1987

Oakwood Cemetery Chapel is a historic chapel on Arbor Street in Allegan, Michigan. It was built in 1920 and added to the National Register in 1987.

History

Alexander L. Ely, one of Allegan's early proprietors, gave the land for Oakwood Cemetery to the city early in the city's history. The original tract was added onto in 1873. In 1920, the cemetery hired E. Haines to construct this building.

Description

The Oakwood Chapel is a brown brick building with a hipped roof that extends outward from the building to form a porte cochere. The building has Gothic windows with raised brick, and contains an office, a crypt, and the main chapel.

Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery itself is the burial place of US Congressmen Clare Eugene Hoffman (1875–1967) and William Brewster Williams (1826–1905) and Civil War general Benjamin Dudley Pritchard (1835–1907).

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Peter J. Schmitt; Wesley Blackman; Kenneth Dettloff (1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Allegan Partial Inventory: Historic and Architectural Resources

External links

Oakwood Cemetery at Find a Grave

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