Greenlawn Cemetery (Franklin, Indiana)
Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. It is a landscape-lawn style cemetery established in 1845, and contains roughly 15,000 burials. Located in the cemetery is a small Gothic Revival style chapel (1878, now cemetery office) and the Romanesque Revival Main Mausoleum (1911).
Greenlawn Cemetery | |
 Greenlawn Cemetery, May 2013 | |
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| Location | 100 W. South St., Franklin, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′40″N 86°03′36″W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000421[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 2013 |
Notable burials at Greenlawn include US Congressman William W. Wick (1796–1868), Governor Roger D. Branigin (1902–1975), Mayor Lemuel Ertus Slack (1874–1952), and Hall of Fame basketball player Fuzzy Vandivier (1903–1983).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/24/13 Through6/28/13. National Park Service. 2013-07-05.
- "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Wallis Wyckoff McMillin and Rebecca Smith (October 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenlawn Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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