Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan)

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.[1]

Oakwood Cemetery Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan) is located in Michigan
Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan)
Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan) is located in the United States
Oakwood Cemetery Chapel (Allegan, Michigan)
LocationArbor St., Allegan, Michigan
Coordinates42°31′38″N 85°51′44″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1920
Built byE. Haines
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPSAllegan MRA
NRHP reference No.87000261[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 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.[2]

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.[2]

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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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


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