Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery | |
Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery | |
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Location | 3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°WCoordinates: 40°49′1″N 96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°W |
Area | 124 acres (50 ha) |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Hawkins,J.H.W.; Lamoreaux,L.A. |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP Reference # | 82003198[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1982 |
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.[2]
Notable interments
- Hazel Abel, U.S. Senator[3]
- Gordon MacRae, actor
- Charles Starkweather, spree killer[4]
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
- ↑ "Hazel ABEL". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ Zimmer, Ed. "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
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