{"nrhp_refnum":"69000350","name":"Hollywood Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"412 S. Cherry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53631743900007,"lon":-77.45815135234574,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hollywood Cemetery is a roughly 130-acre rural garden cemetery on a bluff above the James River in Richmond, Virginia, planned in 1847 and first used for burial in 1848. John Notman of Philadelphia laid out its grounds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is an outstanding example of Romantic, picturesque landscape design by John Notman, with roads following the natural contours of the land. It also holds notable funeral sculpture and Richmond ironwork, including the cast iron Gothic tomb of President James Monroe. Many prominent Virginians and Confederate soldiers are buried there.","narrative":"Hollywood Cemetery occupies a hilly bluff above the James River in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond business leaders first planned it in 1847 as a \"rural decorated cemetery,\" originally called Mount Vernon Cemetery. Philadelphia architect John Notman, who also designed Laurel Hill Cemetery, laid out the roads to follow the land's contours and create views at natural turns. The grounds opened for dedication in 1849, with the first burial in 1848. Some of the original ponds, bridges and a deliberate ivy-covered stone \"ruin\" are gone, but the planning of drives and walks survives in the original forty-four acres. Funeral sculpture imitates classic columns, tree stumps and branch-formed crosses, and Richmond ironwork is well represented. The most striking piece is the Gothic cast iron enclosure around the tomb of President James Monroe, reinterred here in 1858. Other burials include President John Tyler, Jefferson Davis, J.E.B. Stuart, and thousands of Confederate soldiers beneath a stone pyramid.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John Notman (landscape plan and design); William H. Pratt submitted an earlier design","architectural_style":"Romantic / English Picturesque rural cemetery landscape; Gothic chapel","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and occupied; in use as a graveyard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.628526-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6831/41683193/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000350/3e2a81ec2c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000350/3e2a81ec2c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Andrew Bain","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollywood_Cemetery-With_Skyline_and_River.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Bain</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollywood_Cemetery-With_Skyline_and_River.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683193","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Cemetery_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5882648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/hollywood-cemetery-69000350/"}