Lake View Cemetery
Why it's listed
Lake View Cemetery occupies a rolling ridge south of Brockport, New York, with views toward Lake Ontario. Organized in 1891 on a former farm beside the older Beach Ridge Cemetery, it was laid out as a park-like rural cemetery with winding drives, terraced sections, specimen trees and a small pond. Landscape architect W.W. Parce was hired in 1893 to plot and modify the grounds. Near the entrance stands a Romanesque Revival chapel, now a receiving vault, built of gray sandstone with red brick trim, a square tower and a slate roof. Monuments range from simple early nineteenth-century upright stones to obelisks, angel statuary, small mausolea and streamlined memorials of the early twentieth century. The cemetery is considered significant as an intact example of its type, with its original design essentially maintained for more than a century. The Lake View Cemetery Association was dissolved in 2002, and the Town of Sweden took ownership.
Significance in brief: The cemetery is argued to be an intact and distinctive late-nineteenth-century rural cemetery, added onto an earlier linear burying ground. It has a curvilinear road system, specimen trees, a miniature lake and notable monuments, plus a Romanesque Revival chapel. It is also tied to Parce, an early professional landscape architect known for cemetery designs.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 09000559, listed July 24, 2009. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | NY 19, Brockport |
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| County | Monroe County |
| Listed | July 24, 2009 |
| Reference number | 09000559 |
| Resource type | Site |
| Period of significance | ca. 1825-ca. 1955 |
| Architect / builder | W.W. Parce |
| Architectural style | No style (Romanesque Revival chapel/receiving vault) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Landscape Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still a cemetery; the chapel now serves as a receiving vault, the fountain is non-functional, and ownership passed to the Town of Sweden in 2002. |
| Acreage | 62.8 |
| Coordinates | 43.19128, -77.93869 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
Sites (archaeological sites, battlefields, landscapes) are often listed with a restricted address to protect them from looting or disturbance. Listing is honorary for private owners; federal undertakings on or near the site go through Section 106 review, and state laws may protect burials and artefacts regardless of listing.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 09000559.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6478288
- This listing as JSON
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