{"nrhp_refnum":"94000771","name":"Greenwood Cemetery","other_names":["But-386-9","But-691-9"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1602 Greenwood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.402938128000045,"lon":-84.54351444609698,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Greenwood Cemetery is a 26-acre rural-style cemetery district at 1602 Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, founded in 1848. Only the older section south of Greenwood Avenue is included, with seven contributing resources.","why_significant":"The cemetery is argued to embody the mid-19th-century Rural Cemetery Movement through its design, landscape, architecture, grave markers and monuments. It is significant in social history, architecture and landscape architecture. Its Richardsonian Romanesque vaults, pond, plantings and Victorian monuments show the movement's ideals and the influence of landscape designer Adolph Strauch.","narrative":"Greenwood Cemetery covers 26 acres on the northeast side of Hamilton, Ohio, and is laid out in the rural cemetery tradition of the mid-1800s. Hamilton citizens organized it in 1847-48 because the older burying grounds in town were being crowded by growth. Rolling hills, winding drives, a pond with a statue of a young woman, and mixed plantings of oaks, maples, willows and catalpa create a park-like setting. Trustees consulted landscape designer Adolph Strauch of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Notable structures include a Richardsonian Romanesque public receiving vault of 1892, family vaults for the Howell and McGriff families, a caretaker's shed with upturned pagoda-like eaves, and a veterans section with a 1936 memorial. Victorian obelisks, ark-shaped markers, angels and urns fill the grounds. The cemetery was recognized for its social history, architecture and landscape design, with a period of significance of 1848 to 1936.","period_of_significance":"1848-1936","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque (Richardsonian Romanesque); Mid-19th Century: Exotic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a cemetery; the caretaker's shed still serves its original purpose. The 1850s underground vault is now privately owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.921943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000771.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000771/a9fe822bad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000771/a9fe822bad-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GreenwoodCemeteryEntrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</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:GreenwoodCemeteryEntrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986997","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Cemetery_(Hamilton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5604996"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/greenwood-cemetery-94000771/"}