Rushville is a city in Rushville Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,185 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Rush County. It, like the county, was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park. Its boundaries include, among other streets, 20th Street to the northeast, Fifth Avenue to the northwest, 36th and 37th Streets to the southwest, Fort Hamilton Parkway to the south, and McDonald Avenue to the east.
Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1847 and designed by the landscape architect John Notman. It is 135-acres in size and overlooks the James River. It is one of three places in the United States that contains the burials of two U.S. Presidents, the others being Arlington National Cemetery and United First Parish Church.
Crown Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 700 West 38th Street in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The privately owned cemetery was established in 1863 at Strawberry Hill, whose summit was renamed "The Crown", a high point overlooking Indianapolis. It is approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) northwest of the city's center. Crown Hill was dedicated on June 1, 1864, and encompasses 555 acres (225 ha), making it the third largest non-governmental cemetery in the United States. Its grounds are based on the landscape designs of Pittsburgh landscape architect and cemetery superintendent John Chislett Sr and Prussian horticulturalist Adolph Strauch. In 1866, the U.S. government authorized a U.S. National Cemetery for Indianapolis. The 1.4-acre (0.57 ha) Crown Hill National Cemetery is located in Sections 9 and 10.
Rush County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was designed by the architectural firm of A. W. Rush & Sons of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was built in 1896, and is a 3+1⁄2-story, steel frame building sheathed in rock faced stone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The irregularly shaped building has four towers at each end of the building with pyramidal roofs. It features a 196-foot tall clock tower with a pyramidal roof and conical turrets.
Beech Grove Cemetery is a large historical cemetery and national historic district located at Muncie, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. The cemetery was established in 1872 as Rodefer Cemetery, and includes many noteworthy examples of Victorian funerary art. Other notable features are the Late Gothic style William L. Powell Chapel (1930), office building (1955), English barn, the Romanesque Revival style main gate, north gate, the original mausoleum, Metzger Mausoleum, Heath Mausoleum, and Stokes Mausoleum. Notable burials include Indiana governor and U.S. Senator Samuel M. Ralston (1857–1925).
River View Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. Designed by noted architect William Tinsley, the cemetery was established in 1869, and features curvilinear and contoured drive paths and radial burial arrangements. Notable contributing resources include the Soldier's Circle; entry gate, fencing, and signage; the cemetery chapel (1906); Romanesque Revival style well house (1889); and three mausoleums: the Yorm Mausoleum (1886), Stevens Mausoleum (1907), and McHenry Mausoleum (1877). Notable interments include Jesse Lynch Holman (1784–1842), Lonnie Mack (1941–2016), and William Steele Holman (1822–1897).
Auburn Community Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Roselawn Cemetery at Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, monolithic cubic limestone structure with simple Classical Revival style detail. It features a shallow porch with two Doric order columns. The mausoleum continued to be used for interments into the 1960s.
Garrett Community Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Calvary Cemetery at Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1922, and is a one-story, cubic granite structure with simple Classical Revival style detail. It measures 30 feet wide and 42 feet deep. The mausoleum was largely used for interments into the 1950s, with the most recent in 1999.
Waterloo Community Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Maplewood Cemetery at Waterloo, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1916, and is a one-story, rectangular limestone structure with simple Classical Revival style detail and Gothic buttresses. It measures 44 feet wide and 32 feet deep. The mausoleum was used for interments into the 1960s.
Greenlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. It is a landscape-lawn style cemetery established in 1845, and contains roughly 15,000 burials. Located in the cemetery is a small Gothic Revival style chapel and the Romanesque Revival Main Mausoleum (1911).
Forest Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana. It was established in 1865, and is a 133-acre city cemetery for Greencastle, Indiana. Notable features include the Forest Hill Abbey (1931), four family crypts, the Soldier's Monument (1870), DAR Monument (1915), and the cemetery layout and soldier's section.
Smith Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana in Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1877 by A.M. Kennedy and his son Emmett. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 124 feet (38 m) long over Flatrock River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.
Wendell Lewis Willkie House, also known as the Cullen-Mauzy-Willkie House, is a historic home located in Rushville, Indiana, that was the home of Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie from 1940 to 1944.
Durbin Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was built about 1855, and is a three-story, brick building with a two-story rear addition constructed in 1885. It measures 115 by 200 ft. It features the original central doorway with sidelights and transom and a stepped front gable facade.
Melodeon Hall is a historic meeting hall and theatre building located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1872, and is a two-story, Late Victorian style brick building. The Melodeon Hall is located on the second floor and measures 58 feet wide by 42 feet long. The lower-level houses three shops.
Rushville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. The district encompasses 54 contributing buildings in the central business district of Rushville. The district developed between about 1847 and 1940 and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, Collegiate Gothic, Commercial style, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Durbin Hotel, Melodeon Hall, and Rush County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the former Methodist Episcopal Church (1847-1850), Church of Christ / Boys' and Girls' Club (1850-1853), Beher-King Block (1883), Presbyterian Church (1892-1893), Rushville National Bank (1911), Phoenix Lodge (1913–1915), Rushville Public Library, and former Castle Theatre (1939).
Archibald M. Kennedy House is a historic home located near Rushville, Indiana in Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1864 by Archibald M. Kennedy, and is a two-story, five-bay, painted brick Italianate style dwelling. It has a gable roof and pediment and 1+1⁄2-story rear wing. It features a two-story front porch supported by square columns and arched supports and arched openings.
Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Evansville, Indiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
