Clinton Grove Cemetery

The Clinton Grove Cemetery is a burial ground located at 21189 Cass Avenue near Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places[1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1996.[2]

Clinton Grove Cemetery
Office building
Clinton Grove Cemetery is located in Michigan
Clinton Grove Cemetery
Clinton Grove Cemetery is located in the United States
Clinton Grove Cemetery
Location21189 Cass Ave., Clinton Township, Mount Clemens, Michigan
Coordinates42°36′10″N 82°54′13″W
Built1855
ArchitectTheophilus Van Damme
Architectural styleTudor revival
NRHP reference No.96000807[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 25, 1996
Designated MSHSFebruary 29, 1996[2]

History
Cemetery landscape

The Clinton Grove Cemetery Association was established on March 30, 1855 as a non-sectarian, non-profit association.[2] The cemetery started on a five-acre parcel, which has been increased to 50 acres through a series of purchases. In 1885, a caretaker's house was constructed on the property, and in 1914 a Tudor office and chapel building were added, both designed by Mount Clemens architect Theophilus Van Damme.[2]

Description

The Clinton Grove Cemetery is located on 50 acres west of Mt. Clemens. Over 19,000 graves are located on the property, as well as an office, chapel, mausoleum, and caretaker's house. Both the office and chapel were designed by architect Theopolis Van Damme. Family mausoleums and crypts are scattered among the in-ground burials, as well as a wide variety of 19th and early 20th century monuments. Over 570 trees grow in the cemetery, many over 100 years old.[2] The cemetery is an outstanding example of an urban, park-like memorial burial ground, retaining the feel of a Victorian-era rural cemetery through both landscaping and the variety and quality of its gravemarkers.[2]

Notable interments

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Clinton Grove Cemetery Complex". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  3. Ezra J. Warner (1964). Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 499.
  4. United States Congress. "Edgar Weeks (id: W000243)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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