Forest Home Cemetery
Historic cemetery in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the cemetery in Milwaukee. For the cemetery in Cook County, Illinois, see Forest Home Cemetery (Chicago).
Forest Home Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and its Landmark Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and were declared a Milwaukee Landmark in 1973.
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Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel | |
Location | 2405 Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°00′06″N 87°56′28″W |
Area | 198.5 acres (80.3 ha) |
Built | 1850 |
Architect | Lapham, Increase A.; Multiple |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80000166 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 03, 1980[2] |
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The cemetery is run by a non-profit organization held in public trust. Profits from each sale are reinvested to insure continual care of the buildings and land. Its Victorian landscape contains over 100 species of trees, along with many ornate statues, crypts and monuments.