{"nrhp_refnum":"07000275","name":"Ivy Hill Cemetery","other_names":["DHR Number 300-5005"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W of N. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Smithfield","county":"Isle of Wight County","state":"VA","lat":36.98874017500003,"lon":-76.63260822393707,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A privately owned cemetery of about 14 acres, established in 1886 on a peninsula bordered by the Pagan River and wetlands, west of North Church Street about one mile north of downtown Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is a representative example of local cemetery planning influenced by the 19th-century \"rural\" cemetery movement, with winding roads that follow the land. It is also significant as the burial place of individuals important to local and regional history in southeast Virginia, Isle of Wight County, and Smithfield.","narrative":"Ivy Hill Cemetery is a 14-acre private burial ground laid out in 1886 on a teardrop-shaped peninsula above the Pagan River, about a mile north of downtown Smithfield. Created from part of the T.B. Wright farm, it follows the curves and slopes of the land, with gravel roads looping around the peninsula and family plots marked by cornerstones and low stone walls. Markers are mostly vernacular marble, granite, sandstone and limestone, with a few elaborate twentieth-century examples, including a tree-trunk monument, a statue marker, a large obelisk and an Art Deco family marker. Many families moved graves here from smaller nearby cemeteries soon after it opened. Those buried include Pembroke Decatur Gwaltney, congressman Joel Holleman and Dr. John W. Lawson. A 1916 monument honors Confederate dead. Its listing rests on its design, which reflects the rural cemetery movement, and on its role as the resting place of locally and regionally important people between 1886 and 1956.","period_of_significance":"1886-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century; Late Victorian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals; Modern Movement","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery; it has kept its current size and form since 1886.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.881403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/6813/41681348/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000275/86a65ed16d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000275/86a65ed16d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves_at_Ivy_Hill_Cemetery,_Smithfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves_at_Ivy_Hill_Cemetery,_Smithfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681348","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Hill_Cemetery_(Smithfield,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/isle-of-wight-county/ivy-hill-cemetery-07000275/"}