{"nrhp_refnum":"05001125","name":"Pleasant Lawn Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NY 69A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Parish","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.40223083300006,"lon":-76.14165661593802,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is an active town and village burial ground of about 11.5 acres on NY Route 69A, west of the village of Parish, Oswego County, New York. It began as a small family burial ground in 1814 and includes a vault, the 1899 Mills-Petrie Mausoleum and the 1917 Mills-Petrie Chapel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant under Criterion A as the burial ground for the Town of Parish since its earliest settlement by European Americans. It holds the historical record of many of the town's residents over two centuries. It also preserves the legacy of benefactors Samuel Mills and Nathan Petrie, who commissioned the mausoleum and chapel.","narrative":"Pleasant Lawn Cemetery occupies more than 11 acres on a slight rise west of the village of Parish, New York. It grew from a small burial ground set aside by Rev. Gamaliel Barnes, one of the town's first settlers, after his daughter Hannah died in 1814. Enlarged in 1871 and incorporated in 1890, it now has ten sections and remains the active cemetery for the town. Three contributing buildings stand within it: a brick vault built before 1899, the gray marble Mills-Petrie Mausoleum of 1899, and the Tudor Revival Mills-Petrie Chapel of 1917, which is attributed to Syracuse architect Merton Elwood Granger. The mausoleum and chapel came from cousins Samuel Mills and Nathan Petrie, local-born bankers and benefactors who also funded a park, library and gymnasium. The cemetery was listed for its role as the burial place of Parish residents from the earliest settlement period, with a period of significance of 1814 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"1814-1955","architect_builder":"Merton Elwood Granger (attributed to)","architectural_style":"Late 19th-Early 20th Century Revival: Gothic Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still an active cemetery with more than 6,000 gravesites and more than 4,000 burials; the chapel is expected to be rehabilitated and funds are sought to restore it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.839284-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001125.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Lawn_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7203900"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/pleasant-lawn-cemetery-05001125/"}