Pleasant Lawn Cemetery

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Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
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LocationNY 69A, Parish, New York
Coordinates 43°24′07″N76°08′26″W / 43.40194°N 76.14056°W / 43.40194; -76.14056
Area11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
ArchitectGranger, Merton Elwood
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 05001125 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 5, 2005

Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Parish in Oswego County, New York. It was first used as a burial ground in 1814 and formally incorporated in 1871. Within the boundaries of this contributing site are three contributing buildings; a 19th-century receiving vault, the Mills-Petrie Mausoleum of 1899, and the Mills-Petrie Chapel of 1917. The earliest gravestones date from 1825. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

US Representative Hadwen C. Fuller (1895–1990) is buried there. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Anthony Opalka (July 2005). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Pleasant Lawn Cemetery. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 16, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. Parish – Half-Shire Historical Society