{"nrhp_refnum":"04001303","name":"Springdale Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3014 N. Prospect Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.72513075000006,"lon":-89.56927241343388,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Springdale Cemetery is a public, non-sectarian historic cemetery of about 225 acres on a bluff overlooking the Illinois River in Peoria, Illinois. Established in 1855, it holds almost 78,000 burials and is classified as a historic district.","why_significant":"The nomination points to the cemetery's long record of Peoria burials, including founders, soldiers of every American war and Medal of Honor recipients. It also cites its curvilinear, park-like landscape with a rare native oak savanna, and a collection of mausolea and monuments in Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque and Craftsman styles.","narrative":"Springdale Cemetery is a public, non-sectarian burial ground of roughly 225 acres on a bluff above the Illinois River in Peoria. Opened in 1855, it now holds almost 78,000 burials, among them city founders, farmers, workers, distillers and soldiers from every American war. About seven miles of winding roads follow the valleys and hills, with sections named for the trees that grew there, and a native tallgrass oak savanna is recognized as a state natural heritage landmark. The district includes fifteen private mausolea built from 1887 onward in Classical Revival, Romanesque and other styles, a public mausoleum of Barre granite opened in 1929, a Craftsman-influenced stone gatehouse from 1900, two iron king post bridges and numerous monuments. Soldiers' Hill displays Civil War Parrott rifles. The cemetery was listed for its landscape, architecture and the many people from Peoria's history buried there.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Public mausoleum designed by Lovell & Lovell of Chicago; Buehler mausoleum built by R. Vellow & Sons Monument Company; entrance gates by A. Lucas & Sons of Peoria","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Romanesque; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival and Late Gothic Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a cemetery and now owned by the City of Peoria (since 2003). The stone entrance pillars were removed in 2001 because of deterioration and vandalism.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.335803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/8938/28893874/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/04001303.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001303/bc7b34d9a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001303/bc7b34d9a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MrOrigami1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale_Cemetery,_Peoria,_Illinois.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">MrOrigami1</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale_Cemetery,_Peoria,_Illinois.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springdale_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7580841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/springdale-cemetery-04001303/"}