{"nrhp_refnum":"05001584","name":"Cedar Hill Cemetery","other_names":["Green Hill Cemetery","DHR Number 133-5018"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S of E. Constance Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Suffolk (Independent City)","county":"Suffolk","state":"VA","lat":36.73824082950006,"lon":-76.57954165769894,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cedar Hill Cemetery is a 25-acre city-owned public cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia, south of East Constance Road and east of North Main Street. It dates to 1802 and reached its current size in 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is a representative example of public cemetery planning and funerary artwork in southeast Virginia and Suffolk. It was the city's first public cemetery, has a grid plan that grew in phases, and contains markers and monuments of high artistic character.","narrative":"Cedar Hill Cemetery is a 25-acre public burial ground in Suffolk, Virginia, set on an elevated hill planted mainly with cedar trees. It began in 1802, when the town bought land for a chapel and burying place that served the non-denominational Union Church. The church building was moved away in 1872, and the cemetery grew through the 19th century to its present size in 1910. Its grid plan has three distinct sections, and the west slope of the hill is stepped for burials. Markers range from plain early slabs to Victorian obelisks, treestones, statuary and chest tombs, along with mausoleums built in the 1930s. A bronze Confederate soldier monument dedicated in 1889 and a World War I Doughboy statue dedicated in 1931 stand within the grounds. Burials have included people of different races and religions, and many of Suffolk's prominent residents. The cemetery was listed for its planning and the artistic value of its markers, with a period of significance of 1802 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"1802-1955","architect_builder":"John P. Hall Co.; Joseph P. Pollia","architectural_style":"Early Republic, Mid-19th Century, Late Victorian, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Modern Movement","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains in continued use as a burying ground for Suffolk's citizens.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.064082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6838/41683889/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001584.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001584/51f2a0af26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001584/51f2a0af26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"SIN JONES from http://sinjones.brandyourself.com/, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedar_Hill_(7940582236).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">SIN JONES from http://sinjones.brandyourself.com/, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedar_Hill_(7940582236).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683889","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill_Cemetery_(Suffolk,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/suffolk/cedar-hill-cemetery-05001584/"}