{"nrhp_refnum":"84000021","name":"Oakwood Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"101st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.76376804800006,"lon":-73.66835080340883,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Art","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakwood Cemetery is a 325-acre rural cemetery on rolling highlands in the northeast part of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, overlooking the Hudson River. It holds more than 55,000 graves, two chapels, twenty-four mausolea and several support buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the cemetery as significant for its landscape architecture, its architecture and sculpture, and the many prominent historical figures buried there. Buildings by Henry Dudley and by Albany architects Fuller and Wheeler, along with varied mausolea and monuments such as the General Wool obelisk, illustrate Victorian and Edwardian taste. Burials include Samuel \"Uncle Sam\" Wilson, Emma Willard and John A. Griswold.","narrative":"Oakwood Cemetery covers 325 acres of rolling highland on an escarpment above the Hudson River in northeast Troy, New York. Its winding avenues, man-made lakes, mature shade trees and rare plantings create a park-like landscape that also served visitors seeking recreation. The grounds hold more than 55,000 graves, twenty-four private mausolea, two chapels and several service buildings. Architecture ranges from the Greek temple form of the Sage mausoleum to the Egyptian Revival Green Vault. Notable buildings include Henry Dudley's English Gothic Warren Chapel of 1860, an 1884 Queen Anne lodge, and the Richardsonian Romanesque Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium of 1887-89. Monuments include the 75-foot General Wool obelisk, moved into place on rollers. Many figures from Troy's history are buried here, among them Samuel Wilson, known as Uncle Sam, educator Emma Willard and ironmaker John A. Griswold. Remains from the city's first burying ground were also moved here in 1869.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"J.C. Sidney (keeper's house); Fuller, Wheeler, and Prescott of Albany (office and lodge); Fuller and Wheeler (Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium); Henry Dudley of New York (Warren Chapel)","architectural_style":"Greek, Roman and Gothic Revival; Romanesque; Egyptian Revival; Palladian; Queen Anne; Italianate; and Eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent; the cemetery remains in use, though the Geer Greenhouse is quite deteriorated and may be demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.418209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84000021.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000021/ddfe899453-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000021/ddfe899453-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakwood_Chapel_Pano.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</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:Oakwood_Chapel_Pano.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321268","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood_Cemetery_(Troy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7074293"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/oakwood-cemetery-84000021/"}