Boxwood Cemetery

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Boxwood Cemetery
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Location3717 N. Gravel Rd., Medina, New York
Coordinates 43°14′04″N78°23′59″W / 43.23444°N 78.39972°W / 43.23444; -78.39972
Area19.39 acres (7.85 ha)
Built1849 (1849), 1903, 1925
Built byHarry Ellis
ArchitectLevan Merritt, Adam Garter, Albert L. Swett, Charles Ingersol
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 13000450 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2015

Boxwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Medina in Orleans County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1849, and is the resting place of many early settlers. The cemetery includes approximately 5,000 marked burials in the cemetery, spanning from 1849 until the present day. It features entrance ways flanked by Medina sandstone columns and wrought-iron gates built in 1925. Located in the cemetery is a Gothic Revival style chapel built in 1903 of rough-cut red Medina sandstone. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

Boxwood is about 20 acres of land. It is located at the northwestern edge of the Village of Medina. Though portions of the cemetery are also in the Town of Ridgeway, the Village of Medina owns and operates the cemetery. [3]

Notable burials


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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/26/15 through 1/30/15. National Park Service. 2015-02-06.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-01.Note: This includes Todd Bensley and Jennifer Walkowski (September 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Boxwood Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs
  3. Bensley, Todd (2018). Boxwood Cemetery. Where the past is present. p. 10.