Lancaster Cemetery

For Lancaster Cemetery in Pennsylvania, see Lancaster City Historic District.

Lancaster Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Campbell, Crab Orchard, and Richmond Sts., Lancaster, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°36′59″N84°34′32″W / 37.61639°N 84.57556°W / 37.61639; -84.57556 (Lancaster Cemetery)
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1861
Architectural style	Romanesque
MPS	Lancaster MRA
NRHP reference No.	84001458 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1984

The Lancaster, Kentucky Cemetery in Lancaster, Kentucky dates from 1861. It is enclosed by Campbell, Crab Orchard, and Richmond Streets in Lancaster. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing structure. ^[1]

A sexton's house was built in 1866, using bricks from the former Old Republican Church which had been built in 1815. It has a stone receiving vault (1897) which was used to store bodies when grave digging was not possible. It has an original iron fence and stone entrance pillars, while entrance gates were recent (as of 1984) copies of original gates. ^[2]

Burials

Notable burials include:

• George W. Dunlap (1813–1880), US Representative
• William J. Landram (1828–1895), Civil War general
• George D. Scott (1850–1886), Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (cenotaph) ^{[3] [4]}
• Lewis L. Walker (1873–1944), US Representative

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Helen Powell (1983). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Lancaster Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved March 18, 2018. With three photos from 1983.
3. George D. Scott, Hall of Valor Project
4. George D. Scott, Congressional Medal of Honor Society

External links

• Lancaster Cemetery at Find a Grave