Union Cemetery-Beatty Park

Union Cemetery and Beatty Park share a steep hillside and ravine about a mile west of downtown Steubenville, Ohio. The cemetery was dedicated in 1854 on land chosen for its rustic, picturesque character, and the southern ravine was intended from the start as public recreation ground. The city acquired 100 acres as Beatty Park in 1930, adding stone entrances, picnic shelters, a swimming pool and a garage in 1931. The grounds follow the 'rural' or 'lawn' cemetery plan first seen at Mount Auburn in Boston, with looping roads, preserved natural topography, native vegetation and controlled monument design. Notable structures include a stone chapel from 1892, a Gothic Revival receiving vault, a group of sandstone mausoleums, a Soldiers and Sailors Monument from 1870, and stone bridges built by Floto & Swartz in the 1880s. The original layout has not been altered by later roads or buildings, which supports the property's standing as an early and well-preserved Ohio example of its type.