Llano Cemetery Historic District

Llano Cemetery is a 52-acre burial ground southeast of downtown Amarillo, Texas, laid out in the 1890s and reshaped in the early twentieth century. Its north half has curving roads, lawns, a pond with two islands and imported trees and shrubs that contrast with the surrounding prairie. The south half keeps a formal gridiron plan. Rustic buildings from 1933, including the administration office, superintendent's cottage and pump house, use undulating courses of red brick on a rough granite base. Nearby stands the Gothic Revival Llano Pantheon, begun in 1927-28 and enlarged later. Family mausoleums, a section of 1917-1919 influenza epidemic graves and a south gate complete the historic resources. The district was listed for its role in community planning and for its architecture. Its transformation into a naturalistic park during the Depression was carried out with Reconstruction Finance Corporation help and donated materials, services and labor. The period of significance runs from 1917 to 1941.