{"nrhp_refnum":"97000228","name":"Green-Wood Cemetery","other_names":["Greenwood Cemetery"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"500 25th Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.651615584500036,"lon":-73.99053429361089,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-03-08","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2006-09-20","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 478-acre active rural cemetery in western Brooklyn, New York, incorporated in 1838 and laid out on glacial hills by Major David Bates Douglass, with gatehouses, a chapel, tombs and thousands of monuments.","why_significant":"The form presents Green-Wood as a comprehensive example of the Picturesque rural cemetery, whose original topography, drives and paths still reflect the founders' intentions. It also holds the graves of many nationally and locally notable people and one of the largest assemblages of Civil War burials in the nation. Its buildings and monuments show a wide range of architectural and artistic styles.","narrative":"Green-Wood Cemetery occupies 478 acres of hilly land in western Brooklyn, on a glacial moraine that includes the borough's highest point. Incorporated in 1838, it began with 175 acres bought from farmers and was laid out by Major David Bates Douglass as a Picturesque rural cemetery, with winding drives named for plants and landscape features and alternating open lawns and shaded groves. Buildings include Richard Upjohn's Gothic Revival Main Gatehouse of 1861-63 and his Receiving Tomb of 1853, along with a chapel by Warren and Wetmore from 1911-13. About 555,000 people are interred here, among them Samuel Morse, Horace Greeley, Leonard Bernstein and many Civil War generals. The cemetery remains active, and its topography, road network and thousands of monuments continue to show the original design intent. Its broad views of New York Harbor and Manhattan remain notable features. These qualities led to its recognition for landscape design, architecture and association with prominent figures.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (Main Gatehouse, Receiving Tomb); Warren and Wetmore (Chapel); Major David Bates Douglass (landscape design)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Classic Revival, Renaissance Revival, Eclectic Revival; Picturesque and Landscape Lawn site styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still-active cemetery; function is funerary both historically and currently, with roughly 555,000 interments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.61287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000228_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000228/a6cdfe48e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000228/a6cdfe48e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"The original uploader was David Shankbone at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green-Wood_Cemetery_by_David_Shankbone.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was David Shankbone at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green-Wood_Cemetery_by_David_Shankbone.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315781","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-Wood_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239043"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/green-wood-cemetery-97000228/"}