Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina)

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Elmwood Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Entrance, July 2012
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Location501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′50″N81°3′13″W / 34.01389°N 81.05361°W / 34.01389; -81.05361 Coordinates: 34°0′50″N81°3′13″W / 34.01389°N 81.05361°W / 34.01389; -81.05361
Area168.5 acres (68.2 ha)
Built1854 (1854), 1921
NRHP reference No. 96000984 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1996

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was established in 1854, and expanded in 1921. The older section is heavily wooded and has a section devoted to Confederate dead. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Karen Nickless and Ann Parker Hubbard Cohen (June 1995). "Elmwood Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Elmwood Cemetery, Richland County (501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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